Temminck's trident bat, Aselliscus tricuspidatus, is a leaf-nosed bat of the western Pacific and the Moluccas. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, and the type specimen came from Amboina in the Molucca Islands. The species is also known as the trident leaf-nosed bat. It belongs to the family Hipposideridae, the Old World leaf-nosed bats, and the Mammal Diversity Database places it in the Australasian biogeographic realm with an IUCN status of Least Concern. The English Wikipedia article for this species is short and gives little detail on its ecology.
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Living or Extinct Conservation Status Activity Pattern Connections
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Source Temminck's trident bat (Wikipedia)
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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Aselliscus tricuspidatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, IndonesiaQuote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Indonesia
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Aselliscus tricuspidatus (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Papua New GuineaQuote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Papua New Guinea
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands
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Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu
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Solomon Islands · Vanuatu
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal foraging attributes (MamFuncDat)
EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt, row Aselliscus tricuspidatus (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
3934 Aselliscus tricuspidatus Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 4.1 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt, row Aselliscus tricuspidatus (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3934 Aselliscus tricuspidatus Hipposideridae 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC A A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 4.1 Ref_117 1
View the Source 2. Mammal Diversity Database: Aselliscus tricuspidatus (Mammal Diversity Database)
Mammal Diversity DatabaseTaxon page, IUCN Red List status
IUCN Red List status Least Concern
Taxon page, Species status
Species status Living
View the Source Temminck's trident bat (Wikipedia)
Child Taxon Of: Hipposideridae, Lead, family
is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead, everyday group
is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae
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