Saccolaimus peli

(Temminck, 1853)

Pel's Pouched 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

Temminck, C.J. 1853. Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835829

Original name as described

Taphozous peli

Other common names

Black-hawk Bat · Giant Pouched Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35897.a, RMNH.MAM.35897.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35897.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35897.b

Type locality

"la riviere de Boutry, côte de Guiné [= Boutry River, coastal Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone? · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic? · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Angola

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004815

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 peli

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

peli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35897.a, RMNH.MAM.35897.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35897.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35897.b

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835829

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Saccolaimus peli

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

peli

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. Happold & Happold (2013:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19801/22004557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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