Paratriaenops furcula explained

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, but is now placed in the separate genus Paratriaenops.^[1] A related species, Paratriaenops pauliani, occurs in the Seychelles.

Notes and References

1. Benda . P. . Vallo . P. . 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 . 2009 . 2014-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160916211407/http://www.nm.cz/download/pm/zoo/benda_lit/Benda2009fzm.pdf . 2016-09-16 . dead .