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CHEIROPTERA. RHINOLOPHIDJ',. 



Genus, Rhinolophus (Geoff.) 



Generic CItaracter. — Incisors j ; molars g-g. Nostrils witli two foliaceous 

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

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

 ti-agns wanting. Wing membranes extending only to the distal extremity of 

 the tihia ; tail short, enclosed in the membrane. 



GREATER HORSE-SHOE BAT. 



Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum. 



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

 prominent parts 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. 

 Vespertilio ferrum-equinum, Link. Gmel. Mont. Linn. Trans, ix. p. 122. 

 Geoff. Ann. Mns. xx. p. 257. Desm. 

 Mamm. p. 125. Gkat, Zool. Jonrn. ii. 

 109. Tem.m. Mon. ii. 28. 

 KuHL, Deutsch. Flederm. p. 15. 

 liEAOH, Zool. Miscell. iii. 2. Flem. Brit. 

 Anim. p. 5. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 19. 

 Keys, et Blas. Die Wirtel. Europ. p. xvi. 

 et 56. De Selys Lohgch. Faun. Beige, 

 p. 19. ScHiNZ, Faun. Helvetica, i. 12. 

 BoNAP. Faun. Ital. Tonio i. Brandt, 

 Sang. Eussl. p. 40. 



ShinolopJms wiikastcUus, 



Noctilio ferrum-eguinvm, 

 Rhinolophus ferrum-eguinum, 



