Triaenops persicus

Triaenops persicus

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 Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Microchiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Rhinonycteridae
Genus: Triaenops
Species: Triaenops persicus

Name

Triaenops persicus Dobson, 1871: 455

• Holotype:
• Type locality: “an elevation of about 4750 feet near Shiraz in Persia[=Iraq].”

Synonyms

• Triaenops humbolti Milne-Edwards, 1881: 1035 [synonymysed by Goodman & Ranivo, 2009: 54; Benda & Vallo, 2009: 26]
• Triaenops persicus macdonaldi Harrison, 1955 [synonymysed by Goodman & Ranivo, 2009: 54; Benda & Vallo, 2009: 26]
• Triaenops rufus Milne-Edwards, 1881: 1035 [synonymysed by Goodman & Ranivo, 2009: 54; Benda & Vallo, 2009: 26]

References

Primary references

• Dobson, G.E. 1871. On a new genus and species of Rhinolophidæ, with description of a new species of Vesperus, and notes on some other species of insectivorous bats from Persia. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 40(4): 455–461. BHL Reference page. 
• Milne Edwards, A. 1881. Observations sur quelques animaux de Madagascar. Comptes Rendus de L'Académie des Sciences, Paris 91: 1034–1038.
• Harrison, D.L. 1955. On a collection of mammals from Oman, Arabia, with the description of two new bats. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 12 8: 897–910.
• Goodman, S.M. & Ranivo, J. 2009. The geographical origin of the type specimens of Triaenops rufus and T. humbloti (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) reputed to be from Madagascar and the description of a replacement species name. Mammalia 73(1): 47–55. DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2009.011 Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Triaenops persicus 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: Triaenops persicus  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Persian Trident Bat