Order Chiroptera - Family Emballonuridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 381 391 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Taphozous (Taphozous) mauritianus E. Geoffroy 1818 Taphozous (Taphozous) mauritianus E. Geoffroy 1818 , Descrip. de L'Egypte, Vol. 2: 127 . Type Locality: Mauritius . Vernacular Names: Mauritian Tomb Bat . Synonyms: Taphozous (Taphozous) cinerascens Seabra 1900 ; Taphozous (Taphozous) dobsoni Jentink 1879 ; Taphozous (Taphozous) leucopterus Temminck 1835 . Distribution: South Africa to Sudan and Somalia to Senegal ; Mauritius and Réunion Isls (Mascarene Isls); São Tomé and Princepe; Madagascar ; Assumption Isl and Aldabra Isl. Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Taphozous . Reviewed in part by Peterson et al. (1995) ; also see Taylor (2000 a ) .