Taphozous hamiltoni

O. Thomas, 1920

Hamilton's Tomb Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1920-01-01. A new Taphozous from the Sudan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)5(25):142-144.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15625185

Original name as described

Taphozous hamiltoni

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1919.12.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a27002fd-8412-4173-a542-985035fa4d8f

Type locality

"Mongalla, Sudan."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sudan · Somalia · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Chad

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004820

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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 hamiltoni

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

hamiltoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.12.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a27002fd-8412-4173-a542-985035fa4d8f

Authority page

142

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15625185

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21455/22111838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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