Rhinolophus landeri

Main Author: Dobson, George Edward
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment
Terbitan: British Museum , 1878
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3805917
Daftar Isi:
  • 20. Rhinolophus landeri. Rhinolophus landeri, Martin, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 101; Peters, MB. Akad. Beri. 1871, p. 308. Ears shorter than the head, not attenuated at their extremities, the inner margin of the ear-conch convex to the tip; antitragus short, evenly convex, separated posteriorly by a very shallow notch; nose ­ leaf about the same size as in Rh. affinis, the horizontal leaf broader than in Rh. euryale, but not concealing the muzzle; vertical process of the sella slightly narrowed in the centre, broader and rounded-off above, exceeded in height by the upper margin of the posterior connecting-process, which forms an angular elevation more or less acute, but much broader at its base and much shorter than in Rh. euryale; posterior leaf rather short and acutely pointed (Plate VII. fig. 9). Wings from the ankles or from the tibia close to the ankle-joint. Interfemoral membrane short, slightly triangular behind. Fur varying from deep ferruginous brown, above and beneath, to sulphur or pale yellowish brown. The first upper premolar blunt, in the tooth-row, but closely appressed between the canine and second premolar. Length (of the type specimen), head and body 1 "" 6, tail 0”’85, ear 0''’65, nose-leaf 0',-45 X O''-28, forearm "7, thumb 0"’28; third finger—metacarp. " ’15, 1st ph. 0"-5, 2nd ph. O' '-9; fifth fingermetacarp. l''-2, 1st ph. 0"-3, 2nd ph. 0”-55; tibia 0"-65, foot 0"-3. Hah. Africa (Femando-Po Island, Gaboon, Damara Land). a. ♀ ad., al. (type). Fernando Po. Zool. Soc. Coll. b. ♀ ad., al. Elloby district, Gaboon. H. A. Ansell, Esq. c. ♀ ad., al. Dr. Livingstone [C.].
  • Published as part of Dobson, George Edward, 1878, Rhinolophus, pp. 100-122 in Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum, London :British Museum on pages 118-119, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3758443