Saccolaimus flaviventris

(W. C. H. Peters, 1867)

Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Emballonuroidea
Family : Emballonuridae
Subfamily : Taphozoinae
Genus : Saccolaimus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1867-04. On _Taphozous flaviventris_, Gould, a new species of bat from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866(3):430.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627924

Original name as described

Taphozous flaviventris

Other common names

White-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat · Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat

Type material

AM PA.137

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Australia."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004813

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Taphozous hargravei

(E. P. Ramsay, 1876)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

hargravei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.2349

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3339996

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous flaviventris

(W. C. H. Peters, 1867)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

flaviventris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM PA.137

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

430

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627924

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Saccolaimus flaviventris

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

flaviventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19799/209538418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taphozous affinis, var. insignis

(Leche, 1884)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

insignis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28689890

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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