Description of a new species of Rhinolophus (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Malaysia

Abstract

A new species of the genus Rhinolophus is described from Cameron Highlands, Peninsular Malaysia. The diagnostic characters are the shape of the noseleaf and external and cranial measurements. The new taxon belongs to the pusillus-group and based on the morphology of the posterior noseleaf, its closest relative is R. subbadius.