Patrizi's trident leaf-nosed bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Hipposideridae |
Genus: | Asellia |
Species: | A. patrizii |
Binomial name | |
Asellia patrizii de Beaux, 1931 | |
Patrizi's trident leaf-nosed bat range |
Patrizi's trident leaf-nosed bat (Asellia patrizii) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and caves.
Asellia is a genus of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It contains the following species:
The trident bat or trident leaf-nosed bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is widely distributed in the Middle East, South and Central Asia, and North, East, and Central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves and hot deserts.
The Hipposideridae are a family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats. While it has often been seen as a subfamily, Hipposiderinae, of the family Rhinolophidae, it is now more generally classified as its own family. Nevertheless, it is most closely related to Rhinolophidae within the suborder Yinpterochiroptera.
The Arabian trident bat is a species of Old World leaf-nosed bat found in the Middle East.
The Somalian trident bat is a species of bat found in the Horn of Africa.