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.