Taphozous nudiventris

Cretzschmar, 1830

Naked-rumped 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

Cretzschmar, P.J. 1830. [Heft 18, pl. 27-28]. Pp. 69–73 in Cretzschmar, P.J. 1826-1831. Säugethiere. Pp. 1–78 in Rüppell, E. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 78+55+24+47+141 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140686

Original name as described

Taphozous nudiventris

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4310

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Giza, Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Cape Verde · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia? · Burkina Faso · Chad · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Egypt · Eritrea · Ghana · Kenya · Mauritania · Niger · Nigeria · Senegal · Somalia · Sudan · Togo · Tanzania · Ethiopia · Uganda · Libya? · Afghanistan · India · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Pakistan · Saudi Arabia · Syria · United Arab Emirates · Turkey · Yemen · Bahrain · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkmenistan · Lebanon · Oman · Qatar?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004827

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 kachhensis babylonicus

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

babylonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1850.10.21.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/93b214ea-3d62-4b57-abfc-08303df72d73

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151581

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Taphozous kachhensis nudaster

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

nudaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.7.19.46

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3302ac5f-980b-4643-a5d4-f8948fb1cdea

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151582

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Taphozous nudiventris zayidi

D. L. Harrison, 1956

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

zayidi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1967.1225

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7e6d242-58f6-4604-aae0-2a5e26525c66

Authority page

904

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Taphozous magnus

von Wettstein, 1913

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

magnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 8377

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

466

Authority publication

Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien

Taphozous nudiventris

Cretzschmar, 1830

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

nudiventris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4310

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

70, pl. 27b

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140686

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Zimara (1935:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21462/22109884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taphozous Kachhensis

Dobson in Stoliczka, 1872

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

kachhensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15607

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137937

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Stoliczka (1872:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)

Taphozous nudiventris kachhensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

kachhensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Taphozous nudiventris magnus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

magnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Taphozous nudiventris nudaster

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

nudaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Taphozous nudiventris nudiventris

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

nudiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Taphozous nudiventer

Temminck, 1838

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

nudiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474781

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

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

Nycticejus serratus

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

serratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876366

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

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

Taphozous perforatus var. assabensis

Monticelli, 1885

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

assabensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

78

Authority publication

Ann. Accad. Aspir. Naturalisti

Name usages

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

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