Taphozous theobaldi

Dobson, 1872

Theobald'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

Dobson, G.E. 1872. Notes on the Asiatic species of the genus Taphozous, Geoff. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1872:151-154.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=YH8bAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA152

Original name as described

Taphozous Theobaldi

Other common names

Theobald's Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.4.4.6, ZSI 15612 (= IMC 187b)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0194cef9-2f13-4af2-8dd8-8a03482d974c

Type locality

Tenasserim, Burma.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · China? · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004829

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 Theobaldi

Dobson, 1872

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

theobaldi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.4.4.6, ZSI 15612 (= IMC 187b)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0194cef9-2f13-4af2-8dd8-8a03482d974c

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=YH8bAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA152

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Dobson (1872:152, https://books.google.com/books?id=YH8bAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67665)
  2. Blyth (1875:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38674982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
  3. Thomas (1915:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36123)
  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. Corbet & Hill (1991:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Koopman (1993:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  8. Koopman (1994:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  9. Bates & Harrison (1997:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
  10. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  11. Smith & Xie (2008:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21465) (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/1004829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21465/22109663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taphozous theobaldi secatus

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

secatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.6.28.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/281d47ff-f3a7-4e73-8702-69103bbbcbb7

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151583

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1915:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36123)
  2. Koopman (1994:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

T. t. theobaldi

Koopman, 1994

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

theobaldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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