Triaenops parvus

Benda & Vallo, 2009

Yemeni 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

Benda, P. and 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(Monograph 1):1-45.

Original name as described

Triaenops parvus

Other common names

Yemeni Trident Leaf-nosed Bat

Type material

NMPr P6V-092270

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

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Yemen · Oman

Taxonomy notes

recently described; 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

Not Evaluated

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