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/22097473

Original 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-97dddaed1325

Type locality

"Rabai, 700 ' [= 213 m]," Mombasa District, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004821

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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 hildegardeae

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

hildegardeae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.6.12.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/314c8922-282c-4bb2-943c-97dddaed1325

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097473

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21456/22111960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taphozous hildergardeae

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

hildergardeae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

45

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

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