Paratriaenops
Paratriaenops is a genus of bat in the family Hipposideridae.wikipedia
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Hipposideridae
HipposiderinaehipposideridOld World leaf-nosed bats
In 2009, Petr Benda and Peter Vallo proposed a separate tribe, Triaenopini, for the genera Triaenops, Paratriaenops, and possibly Cloeotis, synonymised in a 2014 revision (Foley, et al) that elevated the family Rhinonycteridae.




Triaenops goodmani
T. goodmani is identifiable as a member of Triaenops or the related genus Paratriaenops by a number of features of the teeth, such as the single-cusped, canine-like fourth premolar and the presence of a gap between the entoconid and hypoconulid cusps on the first two molars.
Rhinonycteridae
TriaenopiniTrident Bat
The 2014 revision presents a separation as three families, equivalent to other mammalian taxonomic arrangements, and incorporates a clade identifying the type Rhinonicteris aurantia with genera Paratriaenops, Triaenops and Cloeotis.
List of bats of Madagascar
bat species from Madagascar
*List of bats of Madagascar
The other species belong to the closely related genera Triaenops and Paratriaenops; the latter was split from Triaenops in 2009 and is restricted to Madagascar and the western Seychelles.
Grandidier's trident bat
Paratriaenops auritusP. auritus
It was formerly assigned to the genus Triaenops, but is now placed in the separate genus Paratriaenops.
Paratriaenops furculus
Trouessart's trident batP. furculusTriaenops furculus
It was formerly assigned to the genus Triaenops, but is now placed in the separate genus Paratriaenops.
Paratriaenops pauliani
furculus were placed in the separate genus Paratriaenops''.
Madagascar
MalagasyMadagascanMalagasy politician









Seychelles
SeychelloisSeychelles IslandsRepublic of Seychelles









Triaenops menamena
T. menamena
Its fur color is variable, ranging from reddish brown to gray, but it is generally darker than the species in the closely related genus Paratriaenops which also occur on Madagascar.
List of mammal genera
List of mammalsextant mammalsList of cetacean genera
List of mammals of Madagascar
15 in MadagascarMadagascar200 extant mammal species
Paratriaenops is endemic to Madagascar plus the Seychelles.








