Taxonomy of Rhinolophus simplex 
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Figure 2 Skull and external measurements referred to in text and their recording points. GSL, greatest skull length; 
BB, braincase breadth; ZW, zygomatic width; MW, mastoid width; SBS, cranial height - excluding 
lambdoidal crest; RH, rostrum height - M 1 alveoli to narial crest; RL, rostrum length - orbit anterior edge to 
maxillary anterior edge; IOB, minimum interorbital breadth; PIL, cranial length - junction of supraorbital 
and lambdoidal ridges to posteromost point of cranium; NIL, nasal inflation length - from above junction to 
nares; NIB, lateral narial inflation breadth; MSF, mesopterygoid fossa breadth; SW, sphenoid/pterygoid 
bridge basal breadth; SFB, sphenorbital fissure maximum breadth; CW, maximum cochlea breadth; CL, 
cochlea length; CCW, outside cochleae width; M'M'W, outside M 3 M 3 width (cusp); CC'W, outside CC 1 
basal width (cusp); CW, C' width (cusp); P'W, first upper premolar width; P 3 L, last upper premolar length; 
P 3 W, last upper premolar width; M'L, M'W, M'L, M-’W, M'L and M'W; first, second and third upper molar 
length and width, respectively; C’M 3 L, upper canine to M 3 length (cusp); I M,L, lower tooth row length 
(cusp); DL, dentary length - condyle to premaxilla anterior edge; SV, snout to vent length; TV, tail to vent 
length; EL, ear length; TIB, tibia length; PES, pes length; FA, forearm length; D2M, digit 2 metacarpal length; 
D3M, digit 3 metacarpal length; D3P1, digit 3 phalanx 1 length; D3P2, digit 3 phalanx 2 length; D4M, digit 4 
metacarpal length; D4P1, digit 4 phalanx 1 length; D4P2, digit 4 phalanx 2 length; ALB, maximum anterior 
noseleaf breadth; BSL, basal sella length; BSB, maximum basal sella breadth; VSH, vertical sella height; and 
VSB, maximum vertical sella breadth. 
