EHINOLOPHTJS ANIINOEII. 
97 
R. antinorii. 
R. ferrumreqtiinum, 
d, Gizeh. 
d, Sicily. 
mm. 
mm. 
Snout to vent. 
64 
Vent to tip of tail. 
.29 
36 
Length of head. 
26 
Height of ears. 
25 
Length of forearm. 
50 
„ 1st digit of manus, ineluding 
metacarpal and claw . 7 
9 
„ 2nd metacarpal .... 
.34 
39 
38 
„ 4th „ .... 
.34 
40 
„ 5th „ .... 
41 
„ tibia. 
23 
„ foot. 
. 9-5 
12 
Expanse of wing. 
.285 
358 
The forearm of the female specimen taken in the Zoological Gardens at Gizeh 
measures 45 mm. 
This is the first published record of the occurrence of this species in Egypt. The 
type of the species was obtained at Daimba in Shoa. 
This species, in so far as the general characters of its soft parts are concerned, is 
closely allied to B. ferrum-equinum ; but it is a much smaller animal in every way. 
Its ears are smaller than those of the latter and are less attenuated at their tips. Its 
fore limbs, tibiae, and feet are also considerably shorter, and, moreover, its coloration is 
different from that of the Horseshoe Bat of Europe. Its dentition likewise at once 
separates it from that species. Dobson in describing it makes the following remarks:— 
“ It belongs to the same section as B. ferrwn-equhmm and resembles it in the form of 
its nose-leaf and the general shape of the ear-conch, the latter differing only in its less 
attenuated tip ; but the most notable points of difference are to be found in the much 
shorter thumb, foot, and tail, and especially in the complete absence of the minute first 
upper and second lower premolar teeth. The interfemoral membrane is square-cut 
behind, and the tip of the tail appears on the upper surface of the membrane, which 
extends for a short distance (about I mm.) beyond it. In the absence of more specimens 
it is impossible to say how far this may be an individual peculiarity. The entire absence 
of the first upper and second lower premolar is deserving of special notice. I have 
observed the occasional absence of one of these premolars in the allied species 
B ferrum-equinum and in B. wthiojjs^ but in no instance have these teeth been found 
altogether wanting.” 
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