Paratriaenops furcula
Species of bat
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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.
| Paratriaenops furcula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Rhinonycteridae |
| Genus: | Paratriaenops |
| Species: | P. furcula |
| Binomial name | |
| Paratriaenops furcula (Trouessart, 1906) | |
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| Distribution of P. furcula (red), P. auritus (blue) and P. pauliani (green) | |
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