Triaenops | |
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Skull of Triaenops menamena | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Rhinonycteridae |
Genus: |
Triaenops Dobson, 1871 |
Distribution of Triaenops (blue— T. afer; brown— † T. goodmani; green— T. menamena; red— T. persicus; yellow—T. persicus plus T. parvus) |
Triaenops is a genus of bat in the family Rhinonycteridae. It is classified in the tribe Triaenopini, along with the closely related genus Paratriaenops and perhaps the poorly known Cloeotis. [1] The species of Paratriaenops, which occur on Madagascar and the Seychelles, were placed in Triaenops until 2009. Triaenops currently contains the following species: [2]
Another species, Triaenops goodmani, was described from subfossil material on Madagascar in 2007, before Paratriaenops was split off, but was not considered in the revision that split the genus. [3]