Percival's trident bat

Percival's trident bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Rhinonycteridae
Genus: Cloeotis
Thomas, 1901
Species:
C. percivali
Binomial name
Cloeotis percivali
Thomas, 1901
Percival's trident bat core range

Percival's trident bat (Cloeotis percivali) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae.[1][2] It is monotypic within the genus Cloeotis.[2] It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, with its core distribution in Southern Africa. It has been reported from Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are savannas where there are suitable caves and mine tunnels that it can use for roosting. Colonies are never large (no more than about 300 individuals). Local numbers fluctuate greatly. Colonies can disappear, perhaps because they move to another place or go extinct.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Monadjem, A.; Fahr, J.; Taylor, P.J.; Hutson, A.M.; Mickleburgh, S.; Bergmans, W.; Aulagnier, S. (2017). "Cloeotis percivali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T4983A22028899. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T4983A22028899.en. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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