Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Emballonuroidea
Familia: Emballonuridae
Subfamilia: Taphozoinae
Genus: Taphozous
Subgenera: T. (Liponycteris) - T. (Taphozous)
Name
Taphozous E. Geoffroy, 1818
Type Species: Taphozous perforatus E. Geoffroy, 1818
References
E. Geoffroy. 1818. Descrip. de L'Egypte, 2: 113.
Vernacular names
English: Tomb Bats
svenska: Gravfladdermöss
Taphozous is a genus of the family Emballonuridae. The wide distribution of the genus includes several regions of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Africa.
Taphozous, from the Greek τάφος, a tomb, The common names for species included variants on sac-winged, sheathtail, or tomb bats.
The genus is the type for a grouping within the family, subfamily Taphozoinae,[2] and an arrangement that describes two subgenera is as follows,
subgenus Taphozous (Liponycteris)[3]
Hamilton's tomb bat (Taphozous hamiltoni)
Naked-rumped tomb bat (Taphozous nudiventris)
subgenus Taphozous (Taphozous),[4]
Indonesian tomb bat (Taphozous achates)
Coastal sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous australis)
Common sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous georgianus)
Hildegarde's tomb bat (Taphozous hildegardeae)
Hill's sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous hilli)
Arnhem sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous kapalgensis)
Long-winged tomb bat (Taphozous longimanus)
Mauritian tomb bat (Taphozous mauritianus)
Black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon)
Egyptian tomb bat (Taphozous perforatus)
Theobald's tomb bat (Taphozous theobaldi)
Troughton's sheath-tailed bat (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.[5]
References
Geoffroy, E. (1817). Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. 2. Imprimerie impériale. p. 113.
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Chimimba, C.T.; Kitchener, D.J. (1991). "A systematic revision of Australian Emballonuridae (Mammalia: Chiroptera)". Records of the Western Australian Museum. Western Australian Museum. 15 (1): 203–265.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
