Paratriaenops furculus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Hipposideridae |
Genus: | Paratriaenops |
Species: | P. furculus |
Binomial name | |
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, but is now placed in the separate genus Paratriaenops. A related species, Paratriaenops pauliani, occurs in the Seychelles.