Triaenops persicus
Dobson, 1871
Persian Trident Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
| Superfamily | : Rhinolophoidea |
| Family | : Rhinonycteridae |
| Genus | : Triaenops |
Species status
Authority citation
Dobson, G.E. 1871. On a new genus and species of Rhinolophidae, with description of a new species of Vesperus, and notes on some other species of insectivorous bats from Persia. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 40(4):455-461.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35631339Original name as described
Triaenops persicus
Other common names
Rufous Trident Bat · Triple Nose-leaf Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.10.3, ZMB 4370, ZSI 15589, ZSI 15590
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/356217bc-98dd-44b9-99a1-d10a0fd0641aType locality
"at an elevation of about 4750 feet [= 1448 m] near Shiraz in Persia [= Iran]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic · Palearctic
Country distribution
Yemen · Oman · United Arab Emirates · Iran · Pakistan · Kenya
Taxonomy notes
previously included T. afer and includes the names rufus and humbloti (populations of which are now known under the replacement name T. menamena); moved from Hipposideridae to Rhinonycteridae
Taxonomy notes citation
Goodman, S. M., & Ranivo, J. (2009). The geographical origin of the type specimens of Triaenops rufus and T. humbloti (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) reputed to be from Madagascar and the description of a replacement species name. Mammalia, 73(1), 47-55. · 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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