Rhinolophus euryale
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English: Mediterranean horseshoe bat
German: Mitelmeer-hufeisennase
French: Lerhinolophe euryale
Spanish: Murcielago euryale
Distribution areas
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The mediterranaen horseshoe bat is small
animal living in South Europe and Asia
Minor.
Description of the skin
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The skins of the mediterranean horseshoe The surface structure
bat are only 5.5 cm long, but the wing span of the skin, 200x
is up to 35 cm. The hair coat is thin and
grey or red-brown in colour.
The skins of the mediterranean horseshoe bat are only 5.5 cm long, but the
wing span is up to 35 cm. The hair coat is thin and the belly is white-grey or
white-red in colour. The undercoat is light-grey, or white in colour. The
coarser guard hairs are up to 7 mm long.
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Rhinolophus euryale
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English: Mediterranean horseshoe bat
German: Mitelmeer-hufeisennase
French: Lerhinolophe euryale
Spanish: Murcielago euryale
Structure of the hair
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The microscopic structure of the skin
surface is furrowed; the hair follicles are
narrow with straight edges. The average
follicle is single-haired.
The fine fur fibres are circular in
cross-section. The cuticle is covered by A group of the fine hairs,
cornet-like scales, in the upper part by 1000x
the raised petal-like scales with a finely
grooved surface and straight scale margins.
The intermediate fibres are elliptical in cross-section with a diameter of
from 8 to 12 µm. These fibres are non-medullated. The cuticular scales are
even, tile-like in the bottom parts and the raised petal-like in the upper
parts, of the shafts. The surface of the cuticle is finely grooved; the scale
margins are straight.
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Rhinolophus euryale
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English: Mediterranean horseshoe bat
German: Mitelmeer-hufeisennase
French: Lerhinolophe euryale
Spanish: Murcielago euryale
The guard hairs are elliptical in
cross-section and the diameter of these
fibres is from 12 to 16 µm. The cuticular
scales are even, tile-like and raised
petal-like with grooved scale surface and
straight scale margins. These fibres are
also non-medullated.
The cuticular structure
of the fine fibres, 2000x
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Rhinolophus euryale
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English: Mediterranean horseshoe bat
German: Mitelmeer-hufeisennase
French: Lerhinolophe euryale
Spanish: Murcielago euryale
The cuticular structure
of the fine fibres, 4000x
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Rhinolophus euryale
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English: Mediterranean horseshoe bat
German: Mitelmeer-hufeisennase
French: Lerhinolophe euryale
Spanish: Murcielago euryale
Transverse section
of a fine fur fibre, 4000x
Numerical code for mediterranean horseshoe bat skin structure
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Surface of the skin: 3-4-3
Fine fur fibres: 1.2-5.12-2-1-4-0-0-0-0-5.8-3.5
Intermediate fibres: 2-2.12-2-1-4-0-0-0-0-8.12-4.7
Guard hairs: 2-12.2-2-1-4-0-0-0-0-12.16-6.11
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