Fig. 50 in Phylogeny Of Phyllostomid Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Data From Diverse Morphological Systems, Sex Chromosomes, And Restriction Sites

Fig. 50. Degree of external uterine fusion (character 131) optimized onto the strict consensus tree from our character congruence analysis. The ''intermediate'' state of external uterine fusion (character 131: horns one quarter the length of uterine body) is derived from the simplex condition, suggesting that external uterine fusion is not progressive. The equivocal optimization within Phyllostominae is due to missing data in Lonchorhinini. To prevent an equivocal reconstruction for the base of the clade that includes all phyllostomids except desmodontines, we examined trees in which the position of Brachyphylla was resolved and fixed the node at the base of the clade that includes all phyllostomids except desmodontines with the state that occurred under the two alternative placements for this genus.