Paratriaenops auritus

(G. Grandidier, 1912)

Grandidier's Trident Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Rhinonycteridae
Genus : Paratriaenops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grandidier, G. 1912. Un nouvelle Chauve-Souris de Madagascar, le _Triaenops aurita_ G.G. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (1)18:8-9.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34142095

Original name as described

Triaenops aurita

Other common names

Golden Trident Bat

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:45080

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45080

Type locality

"environs de Diego-Suarez, dans l'extrême Nord de Madagascar [= Diana Region, Antsiranana, northern Madagascar]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

moved from Triaenops to Paratriaenops; moved from Hipposideridae to Rhinonycteridae

Taxonomy notes citation

Benda, P., & Vallo, P. (2009). Taxonomic revision of the genus Triaenops (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with description of a new species from southern Arabia and definitions of a new genus and tribe. Folia Zoologica, 58, 1-45. · Foley, N. M., Thong, V. D., Soisook, P., Goodman, S. M., Armstrong, K. N., Jacobs, D. S., ... & Teeling, E. C. (2015). How and why overcome the impediments to resolution: lessons from rhinolophid and hipposiderid bats. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32(2), 313-333.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004762

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Triaenops aurita

(G. Grandidier, 1912)

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45080

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45080

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34142095

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Triaenops auritus

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Paratriaenops auritus

Benda & Vallo, 2009

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Folia Zoologica

Name usages

  1. Benda & Vallo (2009:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2151)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40025/22064746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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