Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris Cretzschmar 1830

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Emballonuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 381-391 : 384

Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris Cretzschmar 1830

Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris Cretzschmar 1830 , in: Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Saugeth.: 70.

Type Locality: Egypt, Giza.

Vernacular Names: Naked-rumped Tomb Bat.

Synonyms: Taphozous (Liponycteris) serratus Heuglin 1877 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris subsp. nudiventris Cretzschmar 1830

Subspecies Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris subsp. kachhensis Dobson 1872

Subspecies Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris subsp. magnus Wettstein 1913

Subspecies Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris subsp. nudaster Thomas 1915

Subspecies Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris subsp. zayidi Harrison 1955

Distribution: Mauritania, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau to Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, and NE Turkey, south to Tanzania and east to Burma.

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

Discussion: Subgenus Liponycteris . Includes kachhensis; see Felten (1962) and Bates and Harrison (1997). Formerly included in genus Liponycteris ; see Hayman and Hill (1977). Reviewed in part by Bates et al. (1994) as kachhensis. Also see Harrison and Bates (1991). May include serratus Heuglin, 1877 , an enigmatic taxon variously referred to either Taphozous nudiventris (e.g., G. M. Allen, 1939; Koopman, 1993) or Scotophilus leucogaster (e.g., G. M. Allen, 1939; Koopman, 1975) but which may not represent either of those species.