Taphozous longimanus

Hardwicke, 1825

Long-winged Sheath-tailed 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

Hardwicke, T. 1825-05-31. Description of a new Species of Tailed Bat (Taphosous of Geoff.). found in Calcutta. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14(3):525-526.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2358529

Original name as described

Taphosous Longimanus

Other common names

Indian Sheath-tailed Bat · Long-winged Tomb Bat

Type locality

"Calcutta," Bengal, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Cambodia · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004824

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 longimanus leucopleurus

Dobson, 1875

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

leucopleurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1863.12.26.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/084b714e-d90e-4546-808d-d10bd009781f

Authority page

385

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16290)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous longimanus albipinnis

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

albipinnis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.4.1.29

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c9ba7520-7b78-4549-9a57-55253c25b11c

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336035

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16290)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous kampenii

Jentink, 1907

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

kampenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35825.a, RMNH.MAM.35825.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35825.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35825.b

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10817121

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Taphozous longimanus typicus

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336035

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1898:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16290)

cantorii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

cantorii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

383

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous longimanus kampenii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

kampenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous longimanus longimanus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

longimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous longimanus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

longimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207552

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Kelaart (1852:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  4. Blyth (1853:414, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)
  5. Blyth (1863:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  6. Kelaart (1890:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)
  7. Thomas (1898:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16290)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:132, 133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  11. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21459/22111355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taphosous Longimanus

Hardwicke, 1825

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

longimanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

525

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2358529

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

Hardwicke (1825:525, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2358529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67344)

Taphozous brevicaudus

E. Blyth, 1841

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

brevicaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

976

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758492

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous fulvidus

E. Blyth, 1841

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

fulvidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

975

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758491

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous cantori

E. Blyth, 1842

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

cantori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

784

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

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