Rhinolophus andamanensis
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12. Rhinolophus andamanensis View in CoL .
Rhinolophus andamanensis, Dobson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 337 View in CoL ; Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 46, fig. a (1876).
Like Rh. affinis generally; but the anterior horizontal horseshoe shaped membrane is very broad, completely concealing the muzzle when viewed from above, as in Rh. pearsonii ; the posterior terminal leaf is also much longer, produced backwards between the ears, and not concave on the sides as in Rh. affinis . The thumb is also much longer.
Fur bright reddish brown above and beneath.
Length (of an adult ♂, the type), head and body 2"-5, tail 0"’9, head l''-05, ear 0"-85, nose-leaf O''-75 x O''-45, forearm 2"‘O5, thumb 0"-45, third finger 3"’2, fifth finger 2"‘ 5, tibia 1'', foot O',- 5.
Hab. Southern Andaman Island.
Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
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