Triaenops Dobson, 1871. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 40: 455.
Triaenops persicus Dobson, 1871
Triaenops afer Peters, 1877.
Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1876: 913.
African Trident Bat
afer Peters, 1877:
majusculus Aellen & Brosset, 1968.
Mombaça (=Mombasa, Kenya)
Eritrea and Djibouti S to SE Zambia and E Zimbabwe, W to Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo; SW Republic of Congo S into NW Angola
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Least Concern (2017).
References:
Benda, P., and P. Vallo 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. Folio Zoologica 58(1): 1-45. Read abstract.
Cotterill, F.P.D. 2001. Distribution records of leaf-nosed bats (Microchiroptera: Hipposideridae) in Zimbabwe. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10: 189-198. Read abstract.
Peters, H.W. 1877 [dated 1876]. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mittheilung über eine kleine Sammlung von Säugethieren, welche der Reisende Hr. J.M. Hildebrandt aus Mombaça in Ostafrica eingesandt hat. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876: 912-914. Read article.
Rossoni, D.M., T.C. Demos, S.M. Goodman, R.K. Yego, J.L. Mohlman, P.M. Webala, and B.D. Patterson. 2020. Genetic, morphological, and acoustic differentiation of African trident bats (Rhinonycteridae: Triaenops). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192(1): 236-257. Read abstract.
Turni, H., and D. Kock. 2008. Type specimens of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Zootaxa 1869(1): 1-82. Read abstract.
Triaenops menamena Goodman & Ranivo, 2009.
Mammalia 73(1): 48, 54, fig. 1.
Red Madagascan Trident Bat
Triaenops parvus Benda & Vallo, 2009.
Folia Zoologica 58(1): 29.
Little Trident Bat
Triaenops persicus Dobson, 1871.
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 40: 455.
Persian Trident Bat
Distinct from persicus; see Benda and Vallo (2009) and Rossoni et al. (2020). Includes majusculus, which was previously considered a synonym of persicus (Benda and Vallo, 2009). Cotterill (2001) suggested that majusculus may represent a separate species, but see Benda and Vallo (2009) and Rossoni et al. (2020). See Turni and Kock (2008) for information on the type. Populations from the Rift Valley of Kenya previously assigned to afer have been referred to persicus; see Rossoni et al. (2020).