Order Chiroptera - Family Hipposideridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 365 379 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Triaenops furculus Trouessart 1906 Triaenops furculus Trouessart 1906 , Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1906 (7): 446 . Type Locality: Madagascar , near Tulear (= Toliara ), St. Augustine Bay, Grotte de Sarondrano. Vernacular Names: Trouessart's Trident Bat . Synonyms: Triaenops furinea Tate 1941 . Distribution: N and W Madagascar , Aldabra and Cosmoledo Isls ( Seychelles ). Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable. Discussion: Does not includes auritus ; see Peterson et al. (1995) , but also see Hayman and Hill (1971) . Originally spelled furcula but emended to furculus by Hill (1982), presumably to agree in gender with the generic epithet. May include furinea Tate, 1941 , possibly a lapsus for furcula (see discussion in Hill, 1982).