''Paratriaenops'' is a genus in the

bat Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...

family

Hipposideridae The Hipposideridae are a family (biology), family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats. While it has often been seen as a subfamily, Hipposiderinae, of the family Rhinolophidae, it is now more generally classified as its own fa ...

. It is classified in the tribe

Triaenopini Rhinonycteridae is a family of bats, within the suborder Yinpterochiroptera. The type species, the orange nose-leafed species group '' Rhinonicteris aurantia'', is found across the north of Australia. Description The family accords with the de ...

, along with the closely related genus ''

Triaenops ''Triaenops'' is a genus of bat in the family Rhinonycteridae. It is classified in the tribe Triaenopini, along with the closely related genus ''Paratriaenops'' and perhaps the poorly known ''Cloeotis''. The species of ''Paratriaenops'', which oc ...

'' and perhaps the poorly known ''

Cloeotis Percival's trident bat (''Cloeotis percivali'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Cloeotis''. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, with its core distribution in Southern Africa. It has been reporte ...

''. The species of ''Paratriaenops'' were placed in ''Triaenops'' until 2009. ''Paratriaenops'' currently contains the following species: *''

Paratriaenops auritus Grandidier's trident bat (''Paratriaenops auritus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae endemic to Madagascar. It was formerly assigned to the genus ''Triaenops'', but is now placed in the separate genus ''Paratriaenops''. Taxonomy ...

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Paratriaenops furcula ''Paratriaenops furcula'', also known as Trouessart's trident bat, is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It was formerly assigned to the genus ''Triaenops'', but is now placed in the separate genus ''Parat ...

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Paratriaenops pauliani ''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'' ...

'' ''P auritus'' and ''P. furcula'' are found on

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

, ''P. pauliani'' in the

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, ...

. The species ''

Triaenops goodmani ''Triaenops goodmani'' is an extinct bat from Madagascar in the genus ''Triaenops''. It is known from three lower jaws collected in a cave at Anjohibe in 1996, and described as a new species in 2007. The material is at most 10,000 years old. A b ...

'' was described from

subfossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

material on Madagascar in 2007, before ''Paratriaenops'' was erected, but was not considered in the revision that split the genus.Samonds, 2007; Benda and Vallo, 2009

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* * Bat genera {{Hipposideridae-stub

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