Paratriaenops furculus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinolophoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Rhinonycteridae
Genus: Paratriaenops
Species: Paratriaenops furculus

Name

Paratriaenops furculus (Trouessart, 1906)

• Holotype: MNHN 1912-40.
• Type locality: “Grotte de Sarondrano (baie Saint-Augustin), côte Ouest de Madagascar.”

Combinations

• Triaenops furcula Trouessart, 1906 : 446 [original combination]
• Triaenops furculus: Hill, 1982: 175 [gender emendation]
• Paratriaenops furculus: Benda & Vallo, 2009: 33 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Triaenops furinea Tate, 1941 : 3 [presumably a misreading of the name furcula and is considered a nomen nudum (Hayman & Hill 1971: 30; Hill, 1982: 178)]

References

Primary references

• Trouessart, E.-L. 1906. Description de Mammifères nouveaux d’Afrique et de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris 12(7): 443–447. BHL Reference page. 
• Tate, G.H.H. 1941. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 36. Remarks on some Old World leaf-nosed bats. American Museum Novitates 1140: 1–11.
• Hill, J.E. 1982. A review of the leaf-nosed bats Rhinonycteris, Cloeotis and Triaenops (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae). Bonner Zoologisches Beiträge 33: 165–177.
• 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. Folia Zoologica 58: 1–45. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ravino, J. & Goodman S.M. 2006. Révision taxinomique des Triaenops malgaches (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae). Zoosystema 28(4): 963–985.

Links

• Paratriaenops furculus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Paratriaenops furculus  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Trouessart's Trident Bat