Asellia arabica
Benda, Vallo, & Reiter, 2011
Arabian Trident Leaf-nosed Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
| Superfamily | : Rhinolophoidea |
| Family | : Hipposideridae |
| Genus | : Asellia |
Species status
Authority citation
Benda, P., Vallo, P. and Reiter, A. 2011-12. Taxonomic revision of the genus Asellia (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with a description of a new species from southern Arabia. Acta Chiropterologica 13(2):245-270.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3161/150811011X624749Original name as described
Asellia arabica
Other common names
Arabian Trident Bat · Yemeni Trident Bat
Type material
NMPr 92790
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Republic of Yemen, Province of Al Mahra, oasis of Hawf (easternmost edge of the country), 16°39'N, 53°03'E, 410 m a.s.l."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Yemen · Oman
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Benda, P., Vallo, P., & Reiter, A. (2011). Taxonomic revision of the genus Asellia (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with a description of a new species from southern Arabia. Acta Chiropterologica, 13(2), 245-270.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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