Triaenops

Triaenops is a genus of bat in the family Rhinonycteridae. It is classified in the tribe Triaenopini, along with the closely related genus Paratriaenops and perhaps the poorly known Cloeotis.[1] The species of Paratriaenops, which occur on Madagascar and the Seychelles, were placed in Triaenops until 2009. Triaenops currently contains the following species:[2]

Triaenops
Skull of Triaenops menamena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinonycteridae
Genus: Triaenops
Dobson, 1871
Triaenops has a fragmented distribution in Africa, the Middle East, and southern Pakistan.
Distribution of Triaenops (blue—T. afer; brown—T. goodmani; green—T. menamena; red—T. persicus; yellow—T. persicus plus T. parvus)

Another species, Triaenops goodmani, was described from subfossil material on Madagascar in 2007, before Paratriaenops was split off, but was not considered in the revision that split the genus.[3]

See also

References

  1. Benda and Vallo, 2009, p. 33
  2. Benda and Vallo, 2009, p. 2
  3. Samonds, 2007; Benda and Vallo, 2009

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