Saccolaimus mixtus

Troughton, 1925

Papuan 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

Troughton, E.L.G. 1925-04-09. A revision of the genera Taphozous and Saccolaimus (Chiroptera) in Australia and New Guinea, including a new species and a note on two Malayan forms. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4):313-341.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.14.1925.850

Original name as described

Saccolaimus mixtus

Other common names

Cape York Sheath-tailed Bat

Type material

AM A.3257

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Australia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004814

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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.

Saccolaimus mixtus

Troughton, 1925

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

mixtus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM A.3257

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

322

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

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 #19800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19800) (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/1004814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19800/209535232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taphozous mixtus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

mixtus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

45

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

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