Rhinolophus andamanensis

Dobson, George Edward, 1878, Rhinolophus, Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum, London: British Museum, pp. 100-122 : 113

12. Rhinolophus andamanensis .

Rhinolophus andamanensis, Dobson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 337 ; Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 46, fig. a (1876).

Like Rh. affinis generally; but the anterior horizontal horseshoe ­ shaped membrane is very broad, completely concealing the muzzle when viewed from above, as in Rh. pearsonii ; the posterior terminal leaf is also much longer, produced backwards between the ears, and not concave on the sides as in Rh. affinis . The thumb is also much longer.

Fur bright reddish brown above and beneath.

Length (of an adult ♂, the type), head and body 2"-5, tail 0"’9, head l''-05, ear 0"-85, nose-leaf O''-75 x O''-45, forearm 2"‘O5, thumb 0"-45, third finger 3"’2, fifth finger 2"‘ 5, tibia 1'', foot O',- 5.

Hab. Southern Andaman Island.

Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.