Persian Trident Bat

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Persian Trident Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Microchiroptera
Family: Rhinolophidae
Subfamily: Hipposiderinae
Genus: Triaenops
Species: T. persicus
Binomial name
Triaenops persicus
Dobson, 1871

The Persian Trident Bat or Triple Nose-leaf Bat (Triaenops persicus) is a species of bat found along the coasts of Iran, Oman, Aden, to East Africa.

Tourism development has disturbed the coral caves inhabited by these bats, and consequently the species is locally threatened.

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