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African trident bat

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The African trident bat, Triaenops afer, is a leaf-nosed bat of the family Rhinonycteridae found in Africa, from western Central Africa east to coastal Kenya and Mozambique. Wilhelm Peters described it in 1877, and from about 1963 until 2009 it was treated as a subspecies of the Persian trident bat before morphological and genetic work showed it to be a distinct species. It is nocturnal and roosts by day in sheltered places such as caves and abandoned mines. It is a colonial species, and roosts can hold up to half a million individuals. It has been documented in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mozambique, southern Kenya, and the southwest of the Republic of the Congo into northwestern Angola, while the bats of the Kenyan Rift Valley belong to the Persian trident bat.

Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Rhinonycteridae, Taxa
Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)
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Angola

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
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Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Central African Republic

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
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Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
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Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Djibouti

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Ethiopia

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Kenya

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Malawi

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Mozambique

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Republic of the Congo

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Somalia

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Tanzania

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Uganda

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Zambia

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Zimbabwe

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Angola · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Republic of the Congo · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Gabon?
Sources
1. Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops afer (Mammal Diversity Database)
Mammal Diversity Database
  • Species status
    Species status Living
  • Child Taxon Of: Rhinonycteridae, Taxonomy
    Family: Rhinonycteridae
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2. African trident bat (Wikipedia)
  • Biology and ecology
    It is nocturnal, roosting in sheltered places during the day such as caves or abandoned mines.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    is a species of rhinonycterid (leaf-nosed or nose-leaf) bat
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