Asellia tridens (E. Geoffroy 1813)

[Rhinolophus] tridens E. Geoffroy 1813, Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 20: 265.

Type Locality: Egypt, Qena, near Luxor.

Vernacular Names: Geoffroy's Trident Leaf-nosed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Asellia tridens subsp. tridens E. Geoffroy 1813

Subspecies Asellia tridens subsp. diluta Anderson 1881

Subspecies Asellia tridens subsp. italosomalica De Beaux 1931

Subspecies Asellia tridens subsp. murraiana Anderson 1881

Distribution: Pakistan and Afganistan to Israel and Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sinai peninsula (NE Egypt), Socotra (Yemen) and Oman; Egypt to Morocco including S Lybia, Tunisia, and Algeria; Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, S Somalia, and Eritrea; perhaps Zanzibar.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed in part by Owen and Qumiseyeh (1987), Harrison and Bates (1991), Bates and Harrison (1997), and Horácek et al. (2000). Subspecies are poorly delimited, see Owen and Qumiseyeh (1987) and Kock et al. (2002).