Rhinolophus landeri

Dobson, George Edward, 1878, Rhinolophus, Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum, London: British Museum, pp. 100-122 : 118-119

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.].