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.

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 locality

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

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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