Rufous trident bat

The rufous trident bat, Triaenops menamena, is a medium-sized bat found on Madagascar, mainly in the drier regions of the west but also in humid areas of the far southeast and northeast, up to 1,300 metres above sea level. Until 2009 it was called Triaenops rufus, but that name was found to belong to a Middle Eastern species, so Goodman and Ranivo gave the Malagasy bat a new name, menamena, which means reddish in Malagasy. Its fur ranges from reddish brown to gray, and it can be recognised by its echolocation call. It is an obligate cave dweller roosting in large colonies, one of them estimated at over 40,000 bats, and it feeds mostly on moths and butterflies. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern.