''Taphozous'' is a genus of the family
Emballonuridae. The wide distribution of the genus includes several regions of Australia, Indonesia,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
and Africa. ''Taphozous'' comes from the Greek τάφος, meaning "a tomb". The common names for species include variants on sac-winged, sheathtail, or tomb bats.
The genus is the type for a grouping within the family, subfamily
Taphozoinae,
and an arrangement that describes two subgenera is as follows:
subgenus ''Taphozous'' (''Liponycteris'')
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Hamilton's tomb bat
Hamilton's tomb bat (''Taphozous hamiltoni'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the ...
(''Taphozous hamiltoni'')
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Naked-rumped tomb bat
The naked-rumped tomb bat (''Taphozous nudiventris'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. Found in northern Africa, the Middle East, and southeastern Asia, its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical ...
(''Taphozous nudiventris'')
subgenus ''Taphozous'' (''Taphozous''),
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Indonesian tomb bat (''Taphozous achates'')
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Coastal sheath-tailed bat (''Taphozous australis'')
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Common sheath-tailed bat (''Taphozous georgianus'')
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Hildegarde's tomb bat (''Taphozous hildegardeae'')
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Hill's sheath-tailed bat (''Taphozous hilli'')
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Arnhem sheath-tailed bat (''Taphozous kapalgensis'')
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Long-winged tomb bat
The long-winged tomb bat (''Taphozous longimanus'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
Thailand ( ) ...
(''Taphozous longimanus'')
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Mauritian tomb bat (''Taphozous mauritianus'')
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Black-bearded tomb bat (''Taphozous melanopogon'')
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Egyptian tomb bat (''Taphozous perforatus'')
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Theobald's tomb bat
Theobald's tomb bat (''Taphozous theobaldi'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist R ...
(''Taphozous theobaldi'')
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Troughton's sheath-tailed bat
Troughton's sheath-tailed bat (''Taphozous troughtoni'') is a species of sheathtail bat in the family Emballonuridae, found only in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country co ...
(''Taphozous troughtoni'')
The diversity of some species are recognised as subspecies. Some populations are poorly known, the species ''Taphozous hilli'' was not recognised amongst the population of the more common species ''Taphozous georgianus'' until 1980.
References
External links
Bat genera
Taxa named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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