Triaenops
| Triaenops | |
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| Skull of Triaenops menamena | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinonycteridae |
| Genus: | Triaenops Dobson, 1871 |
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| Distribution of Triaenops (blue— T. parvus )
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Triaenops is a genus of
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 afer
- Triaenops menamena
- Triaenops parvus
- Triaenops persicus
Another species, 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
Literature cited
- Benda, P. and 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 (Monograph 1):1–45.
- Samonds, K.E. 2007. Late Pleistocene bat fossils from Anjohibe Cave, northwestern Madagascar. Acta Chiropterologica 9(1):39–65.