| Trident bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Hipposideridae |
| Genus: | Asellia |
| Species: | A. tridens
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| Binomial name | |
| Asellia tridens (É. Geoffroy, 1813)
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| Trident bat range | |
The trident bat or trident leaf-nosed bat (Asellia tridens) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is widely distributed in the Middle East, South and Central Asia, and North, East, and Central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves and hot deserts.
- ^ Monadjem, A.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Kock, D.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Hutson, A.M. (2017). "Asellia tridens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T80221529A21975715. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T80221529A21975715.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.