Paratriaenops furcula

(Trouessart, 1906)

Trouessart'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

Trouessart, É.L. 1906. Description de Mammifères Nouveaux d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 12:443-446.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42892047

Original name as described

Triaenops furcula

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1912-40

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1912-40

Type locality

"Grotte de Sarondrana (baie Saint-Augustin), côte Ouest de Madagascar [= St. Augustine Bay, east coast of Madagascar]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

generally spelt furculus, but the name has been changed to furcula because it is a noun in apposition and does not change with generic gender; 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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004763

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 furcula

(Trouessart, 1906)

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

furcula

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1912-40

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1912-40

Authority page

446

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42892047

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Triaenops furculus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

furculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

52

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Paratriaenops furculus

Benda & Vallo, 2009

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

furculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

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 #22089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Paratriaenops furcula

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

furcula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

209

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/81060220/22040490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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