| Paratriaenops furculus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Hipposideridae |
| Genus: | Paratriaenops |
| Species: | P. furculus |
| Binomial name | |
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Paratriaenops furculus (Trouessart, 1906) |
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| Distribution of P. furculus (red), P. auritus (blue) and P. pauliani (green) | |
Paratriaenops furculus, 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. A related species, Paratriaenops pauliani, occurs in the Seychelles.