Triaenops afer

W. C. H. Peters, 1877

African Trident Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1877. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mittheilung über eine kleine Sammlung von Säugethieren, welche der Reisende Hr. J. M. Hildebrandt aus Mombaça in Ostafrica eingesandt hat. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876:912-914.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35330318

Original name as described

Triaenops afer

Other common names

Chewbacca Bat

Type material

ZMB 5074

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mombaça," Mombasa County, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · Djibouti · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · Malawi · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Gabon? · Angola

Taxonomy notes

split from T. persicus; 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/1004766

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 persicus majusculus

Aellen & Brosset, 1968

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

majusculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1968-412

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1968-412

Authority page

450

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43207902

Authority publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

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

Triaenops afer

W. C. H. Peters, 1877

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

afer

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 5074

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

913

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35330318

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Benda & Vallo (2009:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2151)
  3. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/81081036/95642225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Triaenops persicus afer

Simmons, 2005

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

afer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Triaenops afra

M. Happold & D. C. D. Happold, 2013

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Root name

afra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

399

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Happold & Happold (2013:399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

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