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
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/42892047Original 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-1912-40Type 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
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