GREATER IIORSE-SIIOE BAT. 



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Genus, Rhinolophus (Geoff.) 



Generic Cli.arader. — Incisors \ ; molars g-g. Nostrils with two foliaceous 

 appendages ; the posterior one erect anrl pointed posteriorly, the anterior one 

 horse- shoe shaped, and exjianded over the top of the nose. Ears lateral, free ; 

 tragus wanting. Wing membranes extending only to the distal extremity of 

 the tibia ; tail short, enclosed in the membrane. 



GREATER HORSE-SHOE BAT. 



Rhinolophus ferrum-cquinum. 



Specific Character. — Posterior nasal appendage lanceolate ; the central or 

 prominent j)ai-ts of the facial crest with two anterior pits, divided verti- 

 cally, behind which it is contracted laterally, from which it again expands, 

 forming an ovoid space, which terminates posteriorly in a point. Anterior 

 margin of the Horse-shoe smooth, and rather deeply cleft in its centre. 

 VesperilUo ferrim-equinum, Linn. Gmkl. Mont. Linn. Trans, ix. p. 122. 

 Rhinolophus uiiihaslalus, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xx. p. 257. Dksm. 



Mamm. p. 12.5. Gray, Zool. Journ. ii. 

 109. Temm. Mon, ii. 28. 

 NoctiJio ferrum-equlmim, Kciil, Deutsch. Fledcrni. p. 15. 



Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum, Lkach, Zool. Miscell. iii. 2. Flkm. I'.rit. 



Aniin. p. 5. Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. li>. 

 Kkv.s. et Blas. Die Wirtel. Europ. p. xvi. 

 et 56. De Selvs Longcii. Faun. Bolge, 

 p. 10. Sc'HiNZ, Faun. Helvetica, i. 12. 

 IViNAP. Faun. Ital. Tonio 1. Brandt, 

 Sang, iiussl. p. 40. 



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