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Rufous trident bat

Mammals

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.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
Threats
Biological Resource Use 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Body Size Band
Medium 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Rhinonycteridae, Taxa
Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops menamena (Mammal Diversity Database)
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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops menamena (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distribution
Quote, Country distribution
Country distribution Madagascar
Sources
1. Triaenops menamena (Wikipedia)
  • Conservation status
    Under Triaenops rufus, the IUCN Red List lists this species as being of "Least Concern"
  • Distribution and ecology
    Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) form the main component of its diet, but it also eats Coleoptera (beetles) and Hemiptera (bugs)
  • Conservation status, threats
    Bats, mainly the large Hipposideros commersoni, are sometimes hunted for food in southwestern Madagascar, and T. menamena is also taken incidentally.
  • Conservation status, hunting
    are sometimes hunted for food in southwestern Madagascar, and T. menamena is also taken incidentally
  • Description
    this is a medium-sized bat
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    is a bat in the genus Triaenops
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2. Mammal Diversity Database: Triaenops menamena (Mammal Diversity Database)
Mammal Diversity Database
  • Species status
    Species status Living
  • Child Taxon Of: Rhinonycteridae, Taxonomy
    Family: Rhinonycteridae
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