Taphozous mauritianus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818

Mauritian 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1818. Description des mammifères qui se trouvent en Égypte. Pp. 99–144 in Anonymous. (eds.). Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empéreur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire naturelle. Tome second. Imprimerie Impériale, 752 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953716

Original name as described

Taphozous mauritianus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1845

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1845

Type locality

Island of Mauritius.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Mauritania? · Guinea? · Liberia? · Mali? · Sierra Leone · Ghana · Cote d'Ivoire? · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · São Tomé and Príncipe · Chad · Central African Republic · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Somalia · Tanzania · Rwanda? · Burundi? · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini · Madagascar · Comoros · Réunion · Mayotte · Seychelles · Mauritius

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004825

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 mauritianus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

mauritianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1845

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1845

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953716

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Matschie (1895:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  4. Roberts (1913:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  5. Dollman (1914:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Happold & Happold (2013:431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21460/22111004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taphozous Dobsoni

Jentink, 1879

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

dobsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.30344.a, RMNH.MAM.30344.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.30344.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.30344.b

Authority page

123 (note 32)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9631002

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

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

Taphozous leucopterus

Temminck, 1838

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

leucopterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35896.a, RMNH.MAM.35896.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35896.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35896.b

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474786

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous leucopterus

Temminck, 1841

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

leucopterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

284

Authority publication

Leiden

Taphozous maritianus var. cinerascens

de Seabra, 1900

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

cinerascens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

77

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

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

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