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Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon

by Robert A. Sterndale

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No. 50 Rhinolophus Coelophyllus

Habitat.—Burmah.

Description.—Fur brown, with whitish roots, light brownish white below; ears large, with pointed tips projecting outwards; “anti-tragus large, separated by an angular emargination from the outer margin of the ear; horse-shoe large; horizontal margins of central nose-leaf triangular, small; erect portion rather short, with parallel sides and rounded summit, meeting the connected vertical process at the same level” (Dobson). For a more detailed description see Dobson’s Monograph, page 53. Three vertical grooves on lower lip.

Size.—Length of head and body about 2 inches.

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