RHINONYCTERIDAE, Gray, 1866

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Rhinonycteridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 194-209 : 194

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6611814
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6421568
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0383245F-2223-977C-8F09-F4DEF81EFB14
treatment provided by	Conny
scientific name	RHINONYCTERIDAE
status

Treatment

Family RHINONYCTERIDAE View in CoL

(TRIDENT BATS)

• Small insectivorous bats with rather small ears lacking tragus and typically large complex noseleaves that, in all but one species, have posterior margins with three tall pointed processes forming trident-like structures.

• 6-12 cm. View Figure

• Afrotropical, Australasian, and marginally Palearctic Regions. View Figure

• From dry savannas to forest savannas and forests in tropics, marginally in subtropics.

• 4 genera, 9 species, 9 taxa.

• 1species Vulnerable; none extinct since 1600.