Paratriaenops furcula
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Paratriaenops furculus (Trouessart, 1906)
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Distribution of P. furculus (red), P. auritus (blue) and P. pauliani (green) |
Paratriaenops furculus, also known as Trouessart's trident bat, is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It was formerly assigned to the genus Triaenops,[2] but is now placed in the separate genus Paratriaenops.[3] A related species, Paratriaenops pauliani, occurs in the Seychelles.
References
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- ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ 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" (PDF). Folia Zoologica. 58 (Monograph 1): 1–45. Retrieved 2014-09-12.