Fig. 8

Distinctive head characteristics of 7 common horseshoe bats from South China. Head features of each species are displayed: A Rhinolophus affinis, B R. macrotis, C R. nippon, D R. pearsonii, E R. pernigei, F R. pusillus, and G R. sinicus. The right side of the head images, from top to bottom, exhibits: top view of the horseshoe and the sella, lateral view of the connecting process, and side view of the lancet. These aforementioned characteristics are routinely employed in the species identification of horseshoe bats