RHINOLOPHUS 



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JviiixoLOPHUS PERKUM-EQUINUM iNsuLANUs Barrett-Hamiltoii. 



I'JJO. J titiiiolophns ferriivi-equimivi insulamts Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., 8tli ser., v, p. 292, March, 1910. Type in British 

 ?tluseum. 



lyiO. Rlnnoloplius ferriim-cqitiiium ijtsulaiiits Trouessarfc, Faune Mamm. 

 d'Europe, p. 273. 



Ti/jtc locdlifij. -Clieddar, Somersetshire, Englaiul. 



(T/'oiiraphiral (lii^frihuiion. — Central and southern England. 



DlitfjDOsix. — Wing relatively short ; forearm, 52 to 55 ; third 

 finger, S.3 to 88. 



Mfamireinents. — Type (adult male) : head and body, 67 ; tail, 

 •■i7 : tibia, 23-4 ; foot, 11 ; forearm, 54 ; third finger, 80 ; fifth 

 finger, 70; ear from meatus, 23 '6. Average and extremes of 

 seven males from the type locality : head and body, 65 (63-67) : 

 tail, 36-9 (35-40): tibia, 22-8 (22-24); foot, 11-2 (11-12): 

 forearm, 53 '5 (52-54) ; third finger, 85-5 (83-87) : fifth finger, 

 Gii'9 (69-71) ; ear from meatus, 24*2 (23-25). Tliree females 

 from the type locality : head and body, 64, G6 and 64 : tail, 35, 

 34 and 36; tibia, 23-4, 23 and 23; foot, 10-6, 12 and 12: 

 forearm, 55, 54*6 and 54: third finger, 87, 86 and 88: fifth 

 finger, 72, 72 and 72 ; ear from meatus, 25, 24 and 24. For 

 cranial measurements see Table, ]>. 144. 



Specimens examined. — Twenty-four, from tlie following localities in 

 England : — Cheddar, Somersetshire, 10 ; Wells, Somersetshire, 10 ; Dorset- 

 shire, 3 ; Bonclmrch, Isle of Wight, 1. 



5, 9. Cheddar, Somerset, J. A. Coward (c & p). 7. 1. 10. 1-2. 



England. 



(J al. Cheddar. • -T. A. Coward (c & p). 7. 1. 10. 3-10. 



<, 2 9 al. Wells. Hon. N.C. Rothschild 5.1.23.1-3. 



3 i. 6 juv., 9 St. Wells. Hon.N. C.Rothschild /I. 9. 3. 1-4.- 



(p). \2. 9. 6. 1. 



.^,9. Wells. Hon. N.C.Rothschild 11.1.3.3-4. 



(P)- 

 2 9. Dorset. W. M. Hardy (c & p). 11. 1. 3. 1-2. 



1. Bonchurch, Isle of Rev.C. A.Burv (c A" p). 11. 1. 3. 388. 



Wight. 



RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS Beclistein. 



(Synouymx under subspecies.) 



(icoijraphiral (Uxfrihittioii. — From Uilgit through the Mediter- 

 ranean sub-region and central Europe to Ireland ; north in 

 continental Europe to the Baltic, and in Great Britain to about 

 the southern border of Scotland. 



DifKjnosix. — Size small, the forearm less than 43 mm. in 

 length, condylobasal length of skull about 14 to 15 mm., mandible 

 about 10 mm. : no.seleaf (fig. 26 b) with bluntly cuneate sella 

 and low , broadly rounded connecting process ; fourth finger with 



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