Taphozous E. Geoffroy 1818
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Emballonuridae
Taphozous

description: Taphozous E. Geoffroy 1818
Taphozous E. Geoffroy 1818, 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.
description: 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 382, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519