Grandidier's trident bat

Grandidier's trident bat, Paratriaenops auritus, is a large-eared, short-tailed bat found only in Madagascar. Its fur is reddish gold, darker above than below, and it carries the three straight lancets at the back of the noseleaf that mark the genus Paratriaenops. Guillaume Grandidier described it in 1912 from a single poorly preserved specimen collected near Diego-Suarez, now Antsiranana, in the far north of the island. Its range is small, in northern Madagascar, and it lives in dry forests, roosting in caves where the largest colony is estimated at 2000 bats. The IUCN lists it as Vulnerable because its range is small, fragmented and declining, with farming and disturbance of cave roosts as concerns. It occurs in three protected areas.