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<emphasis id="F79C52290F299E3BFF7FFA436B474929" bold="true" box="[199,361,1533,1559]" pageId="13" pageNumber="520">Type locality:</emphasis>
Makulella (Bandarawela), Badulla district,
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A,
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O,
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K,
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F299E3BFF7FF9336B6A4999" bold="true" box="[199,324,1677,1703]" pageId="13" pageNumber="520">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Medium-sized bat with forearm length ranging between
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. Ears tall, broad, with moderately developed antitragus. Tragus absent. Noseleaf broad, covering the whole muzzle; two pairs of supplementary leaflets. Posterior leaf with three septa clearly dividing it into four cells. Skull narrow, long, condylocanine length 15.66 ±
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. Maxillary toothrow (CM
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. First upper premolar (PM
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) half the height of PM
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, one-third the height of canine. Baculum small, base and apex trilobed with straight parallel-sided shaft in lateral view.
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F2A9E38FF20F9CD6B3649B5" bold="true" box="[152,280,1651,1675]" pageId="14" pageNumber="521">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
External features of
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(Specimen not collected) [A—view of the head showing facial features; B—Noseleaf structure; C—Shape of the ear; D—Lateral view of the penis; E—Hindfoot showing attachment of patagium and uropatagium].
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External characters (based on
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):
</emphasis>
A medium-sized hipposiderid with a forearm length of
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. Ear moderately tall (
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) and broad, ending with a pointed tip; antitragus is moderately developed, roughly rectangular, one-third the height of the pinna; tragus absent (
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). The outer border of the pinna narrows gradually to a narrowly rounded tip, with slight concavity just before the tip of the pinna. The outer border with nine transverse sparsely-haired ridges, inner border of pinna hairy. The noseleaf is broad covering the whole of the muzzle; anterior leaf is as broad as the posterior leaf; two pairs of supplementary leaflets are seen immediately beneath the anterior leaf; first pair of supplementary leaflets are longer than the second, almost touching near the median margin of the anterior leaf; second pair of supplementary leaflets three-quarter the length of first pair (
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). The anterior leaf, supplementary leaflets, and the posterior leaf are greyish black. The internarial septum is greyish black, parallel-sided, long, tapers to a point, touching the intermediate leaf, and lower than the margin of nares (unlike in other hipposiderids wherein the internarial septum is slightly raised from the rest of the noseleaf). Nares are long and transverse; narial lappets are well developed, and located on the sides of nares. The intermediate leaf is heart-shaped with a concave median superior border; and is slightly smaller than the anterior leaf. The posterior leaf has a slight median projection at the same position as the concavity in the intermediate leaf. Three septa divide the posterior leaf into four distinct cells. The wing is attached to the base of the toe, and the interfemoral membrane is attached to the ankle (
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). Fourth metacarpal longest, while the fifth metacarpal is the shortest. The first and the second phalanges are 40.50% and 48.86% of the third metacarpal respectively. The shaft of the penis is straight, cylindrical, and tapering towards the tip (
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).
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F2B9E39FF20F8B56B34481A" bold="true" box="[152,282,1803,1828]" pageId="15" pageNumber="522">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Skull and mandible of
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(Holotype, NMSL2023.08.01NH, male, Makulella, Bandarawela, Uva Province, Sri Lanka) Scale: 5mm. [A—lateral view of skull; B—dorsal view of skull; C—lateral view of mandible; D—dorsal view of mandible; E—frontal view of skull; and F—frontal view of mandible].
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF7FFF286BDB4F8F" bold="true" box="[199,501,150,177]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Craniodental characters:</emphasis>
The skull is narrow and delicate (GTL:
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). The sagittal crest is visible but not pronounced, extending up to the parietal region (
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). The interorbital region is broad. Rostrum is bulged, with three well-developed nasal inflations; the bottommost one is the largest, and the median one the smallest, and round; kidney-shaped nasal inflations are located on either side of the rostrum (
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). The zygoma are delicate (
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). Upper incisors are simple, small, and bicuspid (
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). Canines are delicate and tall; the first upper premolar (PM
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) is small, within the toothrow, located between the second upper premolar (PM
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) and canine (
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). The parastyle of the first and second upper molars (M
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and M
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) is well developed; the metacone of M
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is longer than the paracone; the paracone of M
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is slightly longer than the metacone. The hypoconal flange is well-developed in M
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, both toward PM
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and M
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, which is why the hypoconal flange of M
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is in contact with the mesostyle; the commissures are thick. Metastyle of protocone of all three molars well-developed. The metacone and paracone of M
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are well developed but lack metastyle and hypoconal flange. The canine of the lower toothrow is narrow and tall. The first and second lower premolars (PM
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and PM
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) are in contact (
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). The second premolar is one-third the height of the canine, and half the height of the fourth premolar. Two pairs of tricuspidate lower incisors present in a single line (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF7FFD316B4B4D97" bold="true" box="[199,357,655,681]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Pelage color:</emphasis>
Fur dark brown to fawn on the dorsal surface. Around the muzzle, the fur is darker, colored similar to the dorsal surface. On the head, hairs have pale bases with fawn tips. The area under the face is similarly colored as the head, while belly hairs are off-white. Wing and interfemoral membranes are dark, hairless with the fur of the body not extending onto the interfemoral membrane.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF7FFCA16B9E4C07" bold="true" box="[199,432,799,825]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Baculum structure:</emphasis>
The baculum is small (
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, N= 1), with a parallel-sided shaft. The proximal end has a median rounded portion with two projections on either side, and the distal end has two prongs with space in between (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF7FFC346BA94C9B" bold="true" box="[199,391,906,933]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Common name:</emphasis>
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Lankan Leaf-nosed Bat
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8DF2DDB00F349E26FF7FFC1168364B0B" pageId="16" pageNumber="523" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="C5578E3B0F349E26FF7FFC1168364B0B" blockId="16.[151,1437,150,1293]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">
<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF7FFC116B014CF7" bold="true" box="[199,303,943,969]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Ecology:</emphasis>
This species has been recorded to roost in small colonies comprising a male, a few females and young, in small caves, old houses, churches, beneath overhanging rocks, and among boulders (
<bibRefCitation id="A179F3CA0F349E26FBCCFC6D6F204CD3" author="Phillips, W. W. A." box="[1140,1294,979,1005]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523" pagination="154 - 156" refId="ref14837" refString="Phillips, W. W. A. (1923) Further notes on some Ceylon bats. Journal Bombay Natural History Society, 29, 154-156." type="journal article" year="1923">Phillips 1923</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A179F3CA0F349E26FAA3FC6D6B314B2F" author="Kusuminda, T. &amp; Mannakkara, A. &amp; Gamage, R. &amp; Patterson, B. D. &amp; Yapa, W. B." pageId="16" pageNumber="523" pagination="134 - 143" refId="ref14060" refString="Kusuminda, T., Mannakkara, A., Gamage, R., Patterson, B. D. &amp; Yapa, W. B. (2022 a). Roosting ecology of insectivorous bats in a tropical agricultural landscape. Mammalia, 86 (2), 134-143. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0056" type="journal article" year="2022">
Kusuminda
<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF2FFC496AE64B2F" box="[151,200,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">et al</emphasis>
. 2022a
</bibRefCitation>
). It has been known to frequent open areas for foraging and is found from the low country to elevations of
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(
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:
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8DF2DDB00F349E27FF7FFB806F784B2F" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="524" pageId="16" pageNumber="523" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="C5578E3B0F349E26FF7FFB806E834A33" blockId="16.[151,1437,150,1293]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">
<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF7FFB806B4D4B66" bold="true" box="[199,355,1086,1112]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">
<collectingRegion id="072C40D90F349E26FF7FFB806B704B66" box="[199,350,1086,1112]" name="Distribution" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Distribution</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
This species is endemic to
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, and has been recorded from
<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FBD5FB816FB24B66" bold="true" box="[1133,1436,1086,1113]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">
<collectingRegion id="072C40D90F349E26FBD5FB816FB64B66" box="[1133,1432,1086,1113]" country="Sri Lanka" name="North Western" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">North Western Province</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
Kala Oya, Puttalam, Wilpattu National Park and Kurunegala.
<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FCE5FBDC6E1A4B42" bold="true" box="[861,1076,1122,1148]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">
<collectingRegion id="072C40D90F349E26FCE5FBDC6E1E4B42" box="[861,1072,1122,1148]" country="Sri Lanka" name="Central" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Central Province</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
Gammaduwa, Kumbalgamuwa and Ginigathhena.
<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FECFFB3968774B9E" bold="true" box="[375,601,1158,1185]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">
<collectingRegion id="072C40D90F349E26FECFFB39687B4B9E" box="[375,597,1158,1185]" country="Sri Lanka" name="Western" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Western Province</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
Bulathsinghala, Anasigalla, Kalutara, Labugama and Pilikuttuwa.
<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FAD4FB396B244BFA" bold="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">
<collectingRegion id="072C40D90F349E26FAD4FB396B2B4BFA" country="Sri Lanka" name="Uva" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Uva Province</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
Makulella (Bandarawela), Walhaputenna and Passara.
<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FC3DFB156E5F4BFA" bold="true" box="[901,1137,1194,1221]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">
<collectingRegion id="072C40D90F349E26FC3DFB156E434BFA" box="[901,1133,1194,1221]" country="Sri Lanka" name="Northern" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Northern Province</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
Mannar.
<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FB5AFB146B244BD6" bold="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">
<collectingRegion id="072C40D90F349E26FB5AFB146B2B4BD6" country="Sri Lanka" name="Sabaragamuwa" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Sabaragamuwa Province</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
Balangoda, Kitulgala, Kegalle, Deraniyagala and Wavulpane.
<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FC7DFB706E824BD6" bold="true" box="[965,1196,1230,1256]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">
<collectingRegion id="072C40D90F349E26FC7DFB706E864BD6" box="[965,1192,1230,1256]" country="Sri Lanka" name="Southern" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Southern Province</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
Pitabeddera (
<bibRefCitation id="A179F3CA0F349E26FAFDFB716AFC4A33" author="Phillips, W. W. A." pageId="16" pageNumber="523" pagination="1 - 116" refId="ref14867" refString="Phillips, W. W. A. (1980) Manual of the mammals of Sri Lanka. Part I. Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka, 1980, 1-116." type="journal article" year="1980">Phillips 1980</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A179F3CA0F349E26FF66FB4D6BCA4A33" author="Bates, P. J. J. &amp; Harrison, D. L." box="[222,484,1267,1293]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523" refId="ref11558" refString="Bates, P. J. J. &amp; Harrison, D. L. (1997) The Bats of the Indian Subcontinent. Harrison Zoological Museum Publications, Sevenoaks, 258 pp." type="book" year="1997">Bates &amp; Harrison 1997</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A179F3CA0F349E26FE57FB4D68474A33" author="Yapa, W. B." box="[495,617,1267,1293]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523" refId="ref16314" refString="Yapa, W. B. (2017) A field guide to the bats of Sri Lanka. Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company PLC, Colombo, 142 pp." type="book" year="2017">Yapa 2017</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A179F3CA0F349E26FDCDFB4D69AD4A33" author="Kusuminda, T. &amp; Mannakkara, A. &amp; Gamage, R. &amp; Patterson, B. D. &amp; Yapa, W. B." box="[629,899,1267,1293]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523" pagination="134 - 143" refId="ref14060" refString="Kusuminda, T., Mannakkara, A., Gamage, R., Patterson, B. D. &amp; Yapa, W. B. (2022 a). Roosting ecology of insectivorous bats in a tropical agricultural landscape. Mammalia, 86 (2), 134-143. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0056" type="journal article" year="2022">
Kusuminda
<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FD45FB4D69004A33" box="[765,814,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">et al</emphasis>
. 2022a
</bibRefCitation>
; Present study) (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF20F9C36B0A49AB" bold="true" box="[152,292,1661,1685]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Frontal profile depicting the characteristic noseleaf and distinct internarial septum in A.
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FB26F9C36FB349AB" box="[1182,1437,1661,1685]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Hipposideros brachyotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(NHMOU.CHI.35.2014), B.
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FE04F91C684F4987" box="[444,609,1697,1721]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">H. srilankaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="ECAFEF520F349E26FDDFF91C68994984" box="[615,695,1698,1722]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(specimen not collected), C.
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FC58F91C6E764987" box="[992,1112,1697,1721]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">H. galeritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from S Thailand (PS200128.4), and D.
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF59F9786B7449E3" box="[225,346,1733,1757]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">H. galeritus</emphasis>
NE
</taxonomicName>
Thailand (PS1905005.1).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF7FF8916B414877" bold="true" box="[199,367,1839,1865]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Comparisons:</emphasis>
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described the noseleaf to be large in
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FC20F88E6E324874" box="[920,1052,1840,1866]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">H. galeritus</emphasis>
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with the transverse leaf (=posterior leaf) being as broad as the anterior leaf and almost in contact with the ears.
<bibRefCitation id="A179F3CA0F349E26FC58F8EA6EAC4850" author="Dobson, G. E." box="[992,1154,1876,1902]" pageId="16" pageNumber="523" pagination="237 - 238" refId="ref12559" refString="Dobson, G. E. (1874) Descriptions of new species of Chiroptera from India and Yunnan. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 63, Pt. 2 (4), 237-238." type="journal article" year="1874">Dobson (1874</bibRefCitation>
,
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), in his description of
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF01F8C66B9248AC" box="[185,444,1912,1938]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">Phyllorhina brachyota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(=
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FE67F8C668AF48AC" box="[479,641,1912,1938]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">H. brachyotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) mentioned that the transverse leaf is rectangular, with the superior margin being less convex, and with a concave front portion with three prominent vertical ridges. In fresh specimens of
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F349E26FF0FF87E6B7948E4" box="[183,343,1984,2010]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="523">H. brachyotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the posterior leaf is rectangular, divided into three ridges but does not show any concavity. The intermediate leaf shows a slight concavity and a slight projection in the median area and does not exceed the width of the anterior leaf (
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). The noseleaf of
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FD6EFF0569A14FEB" box="[726,911,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. srilankaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is broad and large, covering the whole of the muzzle and is almost in contact with the broad ears. The posterior leaf shows a well-developed medial projection while being divided by three ridges, while the intermediate leaf shows a pronounced “V” shaped concavity in the median region (
<figureCitation id="5DD392BE0F359E27FEF1FE996BE04E7F" box="[329,462,295,321]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="16.[152,255,1661,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,1317,1638]" captionTargetId="figure-548@16.[151,1435,1317,1638]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 10. Frontal profile depicting the characteristic noseleaf and distinct internarial septum in A. Hipposideros brachyotus (NHMOU.CHI.35.2014), B. H. srilankaensis sp. nov. (specimen not collected), C. H. galeritus from S Thailand (PS200128.4), and D. H. galeritus NE Thailand (PS1905005.1)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14953507" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14953507/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">Figure 10B</figureCitation>
). The frontal pore was mentioned to be small and indistinct by
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, which is so in fresh specimens of
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FE72FEF568474E5B" box="[458,617,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. brachyotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FD2FFEF569604E5B" box="[663,846,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. srilankaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, however, the frontal pore is clearly evident, though it is absent in
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FE83FED16BEA4EB7" box="[315,452,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. galeritus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="A179F3CA0F359E27FE6CFED168434EB7" author="Cantor, T." box="[468,621,367,393]" pageId="17" pageNumber="524" pagination="171 - 203" refId="ref12176" refString="Cantor, T. (1846) Catalogue of Mammalia inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula and islands. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 15 (171), 171-203." type="journal article" year="1846">Cantor, 1846</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. The noseleaf of
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FC85FED169E84EB7" box="[829,966,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. galeritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from South
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is as broad as long (
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). The posterior leaf is tall, similar to that of
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FCA0FE2D69E14E93" box="[792,975,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. srilankaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the noseleaf of
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FB13FE2D6F1F4E93" box="[1195,1329,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. galeritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from NE
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the internarial septum is short, parallel-sided, and ends with a bluntly rounded tip (
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), rounder than that in
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FE99FE656BEE4ECB" box="[289,448,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. brachyotus</emphasis>
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. The internarial septum is spindle-shaped in the South
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specimen, while in
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FA39FE656B054D27" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. srilankaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the internarial septum has a broad base and tapers to a point, touching the intermediate leaf. The ears of
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FF0FFD9D6B794D03" box="[183,343,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. brachyotus</emphasis>
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are very small, as broad as long, with the anterior margin notably convex and the outer margin slightly concave beneath the tip (
<bibRefCitation id="A179F3CA0F359E27FDA9FDF968814D5F" author="Dobson, G. E." box="[529,687,583,609]" pageId="17" pageNumber="524" pagination="237 - 238" refId="ref12559" refString="Dobson, G. E. (1874) Descriptions of new species of Chiroptera from India and Yunnan. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 63, Pt. 2 (4), 237-238." type="journal article" year="1874">Dobson 1874</bibRefCitation>
). In live specimens, the ears are evidently broader than long. The ears of
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FF50FDD56B404DBB" box="[232,366,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. galeritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were mentioned to be sub-erect, broader than long, their breadth equaling the length of the head (
<bibRefCitation id="A179F3CA0F359E27FF27FD316B1E4D97" author="Cantor, T." box="[159,304,655,681]" pageId="17" pageNumber="524" pagination="171 - 203" refId="ref12176" refString="Cantor, T. (1846) Catalogue of Mammalia inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula and islands. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 15 (171), 171-203." type="journal article" year="1846">Cantor 1846</bibRefCitation>
). In
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FEDBFD3168374D97" box="[355,537,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. srilankaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the ears are broad and erect. In
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FC32FD316E3F4D97" box="[906,1041,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. galeritus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
more than two-third of the back of the ear is covered with fur, with only a narrow hairless line along the external margin of the ear (
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), a character which is present in both
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FDA5FD6968924DCF" box="[541,700,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. barchyotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FD4CFD6969824DCF" box="[756,940,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. srilankaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The zygoma are robust and lack the dorsal process in
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FEB5FD456B844C2B" box="[269,426,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. brachyotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), whereas in
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<emphasis id="F79C52290F359E27FD73FD4569AE4C2B" box="[715,896,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="524">H. srilankaensis</emphasis>
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they are slender and delicate, and lack the dorsal process (
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), while in
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from Tarutalos, South
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the zygoma are slender with a prominent dorsal process (
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). The sagittal crest is slightly pronounced in the frontal region in
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, visible but not pronounced in
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, and slightly pronounced in
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. The skull is comparatively bulbous in
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, more than in
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and
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(
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). The palate is wider and longer in
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in comparison to
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. The mesopterygoid space in
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is an almost O-shape, while in
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it is a blunt V-shape. The canine of the lower jaw is tall and slender in
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, while in
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it is not as tall, while the 2
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premolar reaches three-quarters the height of the canine.
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