Rhinolophus andamanensis

Dobson, George Edward, 1878, Rhinolophus, Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum, London: British Museum, pp. 100-122 : 113

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3758443

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3805913

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scientific name

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Rhinolophidae

Genus

Rhinolophus

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