Order Chiroptera Author Karl F. Koopman text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 137 241 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353060 54c9783b-6624-4034-96d9-d09afe43b319 1-56098-217-9 7353060 Taphozous perforatus E. Geoffroy, 1818 . Descrip, de L'Egypte, 2:126 . TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt , Kom Ombo . DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Botswana , Mozambique , Somalia and Egypt ; S Arabia; S Iran ; Pakistan ; NW India . SYNONYMS: haedinus, maritimus, rhodesiae , senegalensis, Sudani , swirae. COMMENTS: Subgenus Taphozous . Includes senegalensis and Sudani ; see Hayman and Hill (1977:16).