Taphozous perforatus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818

Egyptian 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/15953715

Original name as described

Taphozous perforatus

Other common names

African Taphozous · Geoffroy's Tomb Bat · Lesser Tomb Bat · Perforated Taphozous Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1100 (= MNHN A 372)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1100

Type locality

Royal Tomb, Kom Ombo, Nile Valley, Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Mauritania · Senegal · Guinea? · Cote d'Ivoire? · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Mali · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Burkina Faso · Niger · Nigeria · Botswana · Zimbabwe · Zambia? · Namibia? · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Kenya · Uganda · Ethiopia · Somalia · Djibouti · Eritrea? · South Sudan · Sudan · Egypt · Israel · Palestine? · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Oman · United Arab Emirates? · Iran · Pakistan · India

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004828

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 sudani

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

sudani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.7.4.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45afd1a6-ead6-452f-896f-7924dc766ce4

Authority page

561

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15613295

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Taphozous perforatus haedinus

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

haedinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.7.1.46

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e18e0b8a-3879-4b77-8693-43d5a4bc3251 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ebd0726b-59ed-4093-958c-7fa94461c763

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151585

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Taphozous perforatus swirae

D. L. Harrison, 1958

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

swirae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1967.1226

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e2d00e56-6c66-427a-8f4a-71475bbb69bf

Authority page

144

Authority publication

Durban Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Taphozous perforatus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

perforatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1100 (= MNHN A 372)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1100

Authority page

126

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953715

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Smith (1842:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000457) (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/1004828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21463/166505490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taphozous sudani australis

D. L. Harrison, 1962

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

763

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia

Name usages

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

Taphozous sudani rhodesiae

D. L. Harrison, 1964

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

rhodesiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Arnoldia Zimbabwe

Name usages

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

Taphozous perforatus perforatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

perforatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Taphozous perforatus senegalensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Taphozous perforatus sudani

Simmons, 2005

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

sudani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Vespertilio perforatus

(G. Fischer, 1817)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

perforatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

444

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10129069

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou

Taphozous senegalensis

A. G. Desmarest, 1821

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523894

Authority publication

Paris

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)

Taphozous maritimus

von Heuglin, 1877

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

maritimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876392

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

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

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