Paratriaenops furcula, 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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinonycteridae |
| Genus: | Paratriaenops |
| Species: | P. furcula
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| Binomial name | |
| Paratriaenops furcula (Trouessart, 1906)
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| Distribution of P. furcula (red), P. auritus (blue) and P. pauliani (green) | |
References
edit- ^ Monadjem, A.; Razafimanahaka, J.; Ranivo, J.; Kofoky, A.; Hutson, A.M.; Cardiff, S.G.; Andriafidison, D.; Goodman, S.; Jenkins, R.K.B.; Racey, P.A.; Ratrimomanarivo, F.H. (2017). "Paratriaenops furculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T81060220A22040490. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T81060220A22040490.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
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