The Arabian trident bat, Asellia arabica, is an Old World leaf-nosed bat of the Middle East. It was described as a new species in 2011, when a taxonomic split separated it from the trident bat, Asellia tridens. The type specimen was collected in 2005 in the Al Mahrah Governorate of Yemen, and the species name refers to the Arabian Peninsula where it lives. The forearm is about 46.5 millimetres long, the back fur is beige or a pale brownish gray with a possible yellowish or faint rusty tint, and the belly fur and flight membranes are paler. It is documented from southwestern Oman and southeastern Yemen. No population estimate exists, and the English Wikipedia article reports a 2017 IUCN evaluation of Data Deficient.
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Source Arabian trident bat (Wikipedia)
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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Asellia arabica (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, OmanQuote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Oman
Oman · Yemen
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Mammal Diversity Database: Asellia arabica (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, YemenQuote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Yemen
Oman · Yemen
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1. Mammal Diversity Database: Asellia arabica (Mammal Diversity Database)
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2. Arabian trident bat (Wikipedia)
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As of 2017, it is evaluated as a data deficient species by the IUCN.
Child Taxon Of: Hipposideridae, Lead, family
is a species of Old World leaf-nosed bat
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead, everyday group
is a species of Old World leaf-nosed bat
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