Paratriaenops pauliani

Paratriaenops pauliani
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Paratriaenops
Species: P. pauliani
Binomial name
Paratriaenops pauliani
(Goodman and Ranivo, 2008)
Map.
Distribution of P. pauliani (green), P. auritus (blue) and P. furculus (red)
Synonyms

Triaenops pauliani Goodman and Ranivo, 2008

Paratriaenops pauliani is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Aldabra Atoll of the western Seychelles, where it was found on Picard Island. It was formerly considered to be part of the species Triaenops furculus,[1] known from Madagascar, and was initially assigned as a new species within the genus Triaenops.[2] Later it as well as T. furculus were placed in the separate genus Paratriaenops.[3] A related species, Paratriaenops auritus, also of Madagascar, was similarly reassigned.

While its conservation status has not been formally assessed, given its small range and presumed small population, it is thought to be precarious, possibly critically endangered.[2] Reports of P. pauliani from Cosmoledo Atoll east of Aldabra are believed to be erroneous descriptions of individuals actually collected on Picard Island.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Simmons, N. B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Goodman, S. M.; Ranivo, J. (2008). "A new species of Triaenops (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) from Aldabra Atoll, Picard Island (Seychelles)". Zoosystema 30 (3): 681–693. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  3. ↑ Benda, P.; Vallo, P. (2009). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Triaenops (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) with description of a new species from southern Arabia and definitions of a new genus and tribe". Folia Zoologica 58 (Monograph 1): 1–45. Retrieved 2014-09-12.