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 (Liponycteris) nudiventris
Cretzschmar 1830
Taphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris
Cretzschmar 1830
,
in: Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Saugeth.: 70
.
Type Locality:
Egypt
,
Giza
.
Vernacular Names:
Naked-rumped Tomb Bat
.
Synonyms:
Taphozous (Liponycteris) serratus
Heuglin 1877
.
Subspecies:
:
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
Distribution:
Mauritania
,
Senegal
, and
Guinea-Bissau
to
Djibouti
,
Egypt
,
Jordan
, and NE
Turkey
, south to
Tanzania
and east to
Burma
.
Conservation:
IUCN
2003 and
IUCN
/
SSC
Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Subgenus
Liponycteris
. Includes
kachhensis
; see
Felten (1962)
and Bates and Harrison (1997). Formerly included in genus
Liponycteris
; see Hayman and Hill (1977). Reviewed in part by
Bates et al. (1994)
as
kachhensis
. Also see
Harrison and Bates (1991)
. May include
serratus
Heuglin, 1877
, an enigmatic taxon variously referred to either
Taphozous nudiventris
(e.g., G. M.
Allen, 1939
;
Koopman, 1993
) or
Scotophilus leucogaster
(e.g., G. M.
Allen, 1939
;
Koopman, 1975
) but which may not represent either of those species.