Taphozous E. Geoffroy 1818

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 : 382

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scientific name	Taphozous E. Geoffroy 1818
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Taphozous E. Geoffroy 1818 View in CoL

Taphozous E. Geoffroy 1818 View in CoL , Descrip. de L'Egypte, Vol. 2: 113.

Type Species: Taphozous perforatus E. Geoffroy 1818

Species and subspecies: 14 species with 22 subspecies in 2 subgenera:

Subgenus Taphozous (Taphozous) E. Geoffroy 1818

Subgenus Taphozous (Liponycteris) Thomas 1922

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) achates Thomas 1915

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) achates subsp. achates Thomas 1915

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) achates subsp. minor Kitchener 1995

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) australis Gould 1854

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) georgianus Thomas 1915

Species Taphozous (Liponycteris) hamiltoni Thomas 1920

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) hildegardeae Thomas 1909

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) hilli Kitchener 1980

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) kapalgensis McKean and Friend 1979

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) longimanus Hardwicke 1825

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) longimanus subsp. longimanus Hardwicke 1825

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) longimanus subsp. albipinnis Thomas 1898

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) longimanus subsp. kampenii Jentink 1907

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) longimanus subsp. leucopleurus Dobson 1875

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) mauritianus E. Geoffroy 1818

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon Temminck 1841

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon subsp. melanopogon Temminck 1841

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon subsp. bicolor Temminck 1841

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon subsp. cavaticus Hollister 1913

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon subsp. fretensis Thomas 1916

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon subsp. phillipinensis Waterhouse 1845

Species Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris Cretzschmar 1830

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

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus E. Geoffroy 1818

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

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) theobaldi Dobson 1872

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) theobaldi subsp. theobaldi Dobson 1872

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) theobaldi subsp. secatus Thomas 1915

Species Taphozous (Taphozous) troughtoni Tate 1952

Discussion: Includes Liponycteris but not Saccolaimus ; see Hayman and Hill (1971), Barghoorn (1977), Robbins and Sarich (1988), and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991), though also see Corbet and Hill (1992). Key to Australian species provided by Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Two subgenera are recognized, Taphozous and Liponycteris .