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Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus E. Geoffroy 1818

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Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus E. Geoffroy 1818

Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus E. Geoffroy 1818, Descrip. de L'Egypte, Vol. 2: 126.

Type Locality: Egypt, Kom Ombo.

Vernacular Names: Egyptian Tomb Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus subsp. perforatus E. Geoffroy 1818

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus subsp. haedinus Thomas 1915

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus subsp. senegalensis Desmarest 1820

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus subsp. sudani Thomas 1915

Distribution: Mauritania and Senegal to Botswana, Mozambique, Somalia, Djibouti and Egypt; S Arabia; Jordan; S Iran; Pakistan; NW India.

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

Discussion: Subgenus Taphozous. Includes senegalensis and sudani; see Hayman and Hill (1977). Reviewed by Bates et al. (1994) and Bates and Harrison (1997); see also Meester et al. (1986), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Taylor (2000 a). Subspecies are poorly defined.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Emballonuridae, pp. 381-391 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 384, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
E. Geoffroy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Emballonuridae
Genus
Taphozous
Species
perforatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus Geoffroy, 1818 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Thomas, O. 1915. List of mammals (exclusive of Ungulata) collected on the Upper Congo by Dr. Christy for the Congo Museum, Tervueren. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 16: 465 - 481.
  • Desmarest, A. G. 1820, 1822. Mammalogie ou description des espece de mammiferes. Encyclopedie Methodique. Agasse, Paris, 555 pp., 66 plates.
  • Bates, P. J. J., D. L. Harrison, and M. Mundi. 1994. The bats of western India revisited. Part 2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 91: 224 - 240.
  • Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359.
  • Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp.
  • Taylor, P. J. 2000 a. Bats of Southern Africa: Guide to biology, identification, and conservation. University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 206 pp.