Taphozous
Taphozous | |
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Taphozous longimanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Emballonuridae |
Genus: | Taphozous Geoffroy, 1818 |
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Taphozous is a genus of sac-winged bat - one commonly called a tomb bat - in the family Emballonuridae.
It contains the following species:
- Indonesian tomb bat (Taphozous achates)
- Coastal sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous australis)
- Common sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous georgianus)
- Hamilton's tomb bat (Taphozous hamiltoni)
- Hildegarde's tomb bat (Taphozous hildegardeae)
- Hill's sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous hilli)
- Arnhem sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous kapalgensis)
- Long-winged tomb bat (Taphozous longimanus)
- Mauritian tomb bat (Taphozous mauritianus)
- Black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon)
- Naked-rumped tomb bat (Taphozous nudiventris)
- Egyptian tomb bat (Taphozous perforatus)
- Theobald's tomb bat (Taphozous theobaldi)
- Troughton's sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous troughtoni)
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