Rhinolophus mitratus

Dobson, George Edward, 1878, Rhinolophus, Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum, London: British Museum, pp. 100-122 : 107

4. Rhinolophus mitratus .

Rhinolophus mitratus, Blyth, Jovrn. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xiii. p. 483, xxii. p. 409; Dobson, Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 42, figs, a, b (1876).

Ears large, with a broad well-developed antitragus separated from the outer margin by a shallow angular notch; anterior vertical process of the sella short, rounded off above, the posterior connectingprocess supporting its base only; horizontal base of the sella between the nostrils much expanded, the expanded sides turned upwards forming a deep cup-shaped cavity; terminal nose-leaf triangular, acutely pointed, extending backwards between the ears. Lower lip with a single groove.

Fur above brown, paler at the base; beneath a lighter shade of the same colour.

Length, head and body 2''’4, tail 1"'6, ear (anteriorly) 1'', forearm 2"'25, third finger 3"-4, fifth finger 2'',8, tibia 1", foot 0"' 5.

Hab. Peninsula of India (Chaibâsa).

Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.

This species resembles the next very closely in the form of the central nose-leaf, but it may be readily distinguished by the much shorter and broader terminal portion of the nose-leaf, by the form of the outer margin of the ear, by the single groove in the lower lip, and also by its greater size.