RHINOLOPHUS 



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Rhixolophus pbeeum-equinum insulands Barrett-Hamilton. 



1910. Rhinolophus ferrum-equimminsulanus Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and 

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

 Museum. 



1910. Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum insulanus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. 

 d'Europe, p. 273. 



Type locality. — Cheddar, Somersetshire, England. 



Geographical distribution. — Central and southern England. 



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

 finger, 83 to 88. 



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

 37 ; tibia, 23-4 ; foot, 11 ; forearm, 54 ; third finger, 86 ; 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, 

 69-9 (69-71) ; ear from meatus, 24-2 (23-25). Three females 

 from the type locality : head and body, 64, 66 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, p. 144. 



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

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

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



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



England. 



6 al. Cheddar. J. A. Coward (o & p). 7. 1. 10. 3-10. 



(J, 2 Sal. Wells. Hon. N.C.Rothschild 5.1.23.1-3. 



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3 6, 6 juv., 9 st. Wells. Hon.N. C.Rothschild /l. 9. 3. 1-4. 



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



6,9. Wells. Hon. N.C.Rothschild 11.1.3.3-4. 



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



1. Bonchurch, Isle of Rev.C. A.Bury (c&p). 11.1.3.388. 



Wight. 



RHINOLOPHUS hipposideros Bechstein. 



(Synonymy under subspecies.) 



Geographical distribution. — -From Gilgit 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. 



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

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

 about 10 mm.; noseleaf (fig. 26 6) with bluntly cuneate sella 

 And low, broadly rounded connecting process ; fourth finger with 



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