African trident bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

African trident bat Triaenops afer Least concern

Where the African trident bat lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 297 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Triaenops afer
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Rhinonycteridae

Where does the African trident bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the African trident bat in 6 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the African trident bat endangered?

The African trident bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the African trident bat?

The African trident bat (Triaenops afer) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Rhinonycteridae, genus Triaenops. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the African trident bat

The African trident bat (Triaenops afer) is a species of rhinonycterid (leaf-nosed or nose-leaf) bat found in Africa, from western Central Africa east to coastal Kenya and Mozambique.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article African trident bat (revision 1292419682), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q10384544 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).