Rhinolophus megaphyllus Gray

Andersen, Knud, 1905, On some Bats of the Genus Rhinolophus, with Remarks on their Mutual Affinities, and Descriptions of Twenty-six new Forms., Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2, pp. 75-145 : 79

2 a. Rhinolophus megaphyllus Gray , typicus.

Rhinolophus megaphyllus J. E. Gray, P. Z.S. 1834, p. 52.

Rhinolophus megaphyllus (partim) Peters, MB. Akad. Beilin, 1871, p. 306 f; Dobson, Cat. Chip. Brit. Mus. (1878) p. 110.

Diagnosis. Larger: forearm 46'5-50 mm.

Sella. In one, out of eleven specimens, the summit of the sella is completely square-cut; in all the others (some of them from the same locality) it is broadly rounded off. Conf, with this Rh. borneensis .

Colour. (1) Dark phase (two skins, one adult and one fullgrown, but young): Like Rh. simpleX .

(2) Russet phase (one skin, full-grown individual, but young): Uniform “ russet ” above and below; base of hairs of upper side “ clay. ”

Measurements. On p. 80.

Distribution. Eastern Australia: Queensland, New South Wales.

Technical name. The type of Rh. megaphyllus is in the British Museum.