Asellia
Appearance
Asellia | |
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Trident bat (Asellia tridens) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Hipposideridae |
Genus: | Asellia Gray, 1838 |
Type species | |
Rhinolophus tridens Geoffroy, 1813
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Species | |
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Asellia is a genus of bat in the family Hipposideridae.[1] It contains the following species:
- Arabian trident bat (Asellia arabica)[2]
- Somalian trident bat (Asellia italosomalica)[2]
- Patrizi's trident leaf-nosed bat (Asellia patrizii)
- Trident bat (Asellia tridens)
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Benda, Petr; Vallo, Peter; Reiter, Antonín (2011). "Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Asellia(Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with a Description of a New Species from Southern Arabia". Acta Chiropterologica. 13 (2): 245–270. doi:10.3161/150811011X624749. S2CID 85086372.