Dental formula: Inc., 2/4; can., 1—1/1—1; premolars, 1—1/2—2; molars 3—3/3—3.

[NO. 69. RHINOPOMA HARDWICKII.]
Hardwick's Long-tailed Leaf Bat (Jerdon's No. 30).

Skull of Rhinopoma.

HABITAT.—All over India, Burmah and Malayana.

DESCRIPTION.—Muzzle long, thick, truncated, and surrounded by a small leaf; tragus oblong, bi-acuminate; forehead concave with a channel down the centre; fur soft and very fine, dull brown throughout; face, rump, and part of abdominal region naked.—Jerdon.

SIZE.—Head and body, 2-6/10 inches; tail, 2½; expanse, 13.

Frequents old ruins, caves, and clefts in rocks.

[SUB-FAMILY NOCTILIONIDÆ.]

Bats without facial membranes; with short obtuse and bull-doggish heads; large lips.