Rhinolophus
Author
Dobson, George Edward
text
1878
British Museum
London
Editor
Dobson, George Edward
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Rhinolophus garoensis
.
Rhinolophus garoensis,
Dobson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bong.
1872, p. 337
;
Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt.
p. 48, figs,
a, b, c
(1876).
Ears acutely pointed, with a large antitragus as in
Rh. affini
«. Anterior vertical process of the sella maintaining
the
same breadth upwards and rounded-off above, considerably exceeded in height by
the upper edge of
the
connecting-process, which develops a long acutely pointed projection; terminal portion of the posterior leaf broad, with straight sides, forming almost an equilateral triangle.
Wing-membrane from the ankles; interfemoral membrane square behind; extreme tip of the tail free.
The second lower premolar stands in the tooth-row, and, although much smaller than the first premolar, is not minute.
The type of this species was obtained by Major H. H. Godwin- Austen in the
Garo
hills; and the following measurements show it to be probably the smallest known species of the genus:—
Length
, head and body 1"'5, tail 0"’7, head 0"-6, ear 0"-5, antitragus
O'
'-2, noseleaf 0"’4 X O',-2, forearm " -
3
, thumb
O'
'-2, third finger 2”, fifth finger " -7, tibia O',-6, foot 0"-3.
Hab.
Garo
hills, Assam; Himalaya (Masuri).
This small species is closely allied to
Rh. minor,
Horsfield, from which the broad terminal portion of the nose-leaf, not emarginate on the sides, distinguishes it.
Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.