Taphozous hildegardeae
O. Thomas, 1909
Hildegarde'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 | : Taphozous |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1909-08-01. New African small mammals in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(20):98-112.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097473Original name as described
Taphozous hildegardeae
Other common names
White-winged Tomb Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1909.6.12.7
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/314c8922-282c-4bb2-943c-97dddaed1325Type locality
"Rabai, 700 ' [= 213 m]," Mombasa District, Kenya.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Tanzania · Kenya
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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