Fig. 51 in Phylogeny Of Phyllostomid Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Data From Diverse Morphological Systems, Sex Chromosomes, And Restriction Sites

Fig. 51. Degree of internal uterine fusion (character 132) optimized onto the strict consensus tree from our character congruence analysis. There is a reversal to distinct cornual lumina from reduced cornual lumina (character 132) in some phyllostomines, suggesting that internal uterine fusion is not unidirectional. 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.