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) georgianus Thomas 1915 Taphozous (Taphozous) georgianus Thomas 1915 , J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 24: 62 . Type Locality: Australia , Western Australia , King Georges Sound. Vernacular Names: Sharp-nosed Tomb Bat . Distribution: N and W Australia . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Taphozous . McKean and Price (1967) and Koopman (1993 , 1994 ) included troughtoni in this species, but see Chimimba and Kitchener (1991) .