Taphozous flaviventris Peters, 1867a

Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5), pp. 277-420 : 389

Taphozous flaviventris Peters, 1867a

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1866: 430. (April 1867).

Common name. Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat.

Current name. Saccolaimus flaviventris ( Peters, 1867a) , following Jackson & Groves (2015).

Holotype. PA.137 by subsequent determination. Male adult, skull, skin in alc., received in exchange from F. G. Waterhouse, South Australia [= SAM], collector and collection date not indicated.

Condition. Damaged cranium: fractures in right parietal, right occipital area and right auditory capsule all of which appear to have been glued in position, most of right auditory bulla missing; a hole in the right frontal and in right basiphenoid pit. Soft palate retained on the skull. Dentaries complete. Alc. skin, both wing membranes are torn.

Type locality. Northern Territory, Australia (see Mahoney & Walton, 1988a: 114).

Comments. Peters based his description on a single male specimen for which he provided external but no cranial measurements and gave the locality as “ Australia ”. Troughton (1925) traced the history of PA.137, which was received in exchange by the Australian Museum in 1871 from F. G. Waterhouse, South Australia. According to Troughton, this was the specimen examined by Peters. The specimen was sent by Waterhouse to John Gould, who forwarded it to Peters.