On some Bats of the Genus Rhinolophus, with Remarks on their Mutual Affinities, and Descriptions of Twenty-six new Forms.
Author
Andersen, Knud
text
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
1905
1905-12-31
2
75
145
journal article
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23.
Rhinolophus acuminatus Peters.
Diagnosis.
Connecting process of the
lepidus
-type. »Sella parallel-margined. Forearm 47—5 mm.
Details.
This species, together with
Rh. sumatranus
and
calypso
described below, form a small, well-marked section of the
lepidus
group, which might, conveniently be termed the
acu,minatus
section, confined to Java, Lombok, Sumatra, and Engano, and differing from all the foregoing species:—(1) in beingvery much larger;
Rh. lepidus
is in size like a
Rh. hipposiderus;
Rh. sumatranus
like a small
Rh. ferrum-equinum
; (2) in being
a
trifle more advanced in dentition: there seems to be no “vacillation
”
in the position of p3.
Sella in
Rh. accuminatus
practically parallel-margined; on very close examination an extremely faint indication of an expansion below the middle can be traced. Lancet strongly hastate.
The rest of the nose-leaves, the mental grooves, the ears, the wing-structure, the length of the tail, and the insertion of the plagiopatagium (on the ankle, or slightly above or below) as in
Rh. lepidus
.
RHINOLOPHUS
.
Skull.
Very much larger than in
lepidus
.
There is no essential
difference
in the shape *.
Dentition
(two skulls). p3 external. p
„
and pt quite, or almost, in contact, p2 in row; a minute cusp, pointing inwards.
Measurements.
On p. 134.
Geographical races.
There are tvzo forms of
Rh. acuminatus
,
differing in size and in geographical habitat.