Naked-rumped pouched bat

Naked-rumped pouched bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Saccolaimus
Species:	S. saccolaimus
Binomial name
Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck, 1838
Naked-rumped pouched bat range

The naked-rumped pouched bat (Saccolaimus saccolaimus), also known as the pouched tomb bat, is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.

Taxonomy

Described in 1838 by Coenraad Temminck. the author assigned the species to a new genus. The type location is in Indonesia. ^[2]

The uncertain diversity of related populations is represented by five subspecies,

• species Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck, 1838.
  • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus saccolaimus
  • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus affinis
  • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus crassus
  • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus De Vis, 1905. ^[3]
  • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus pluto

The form nudicluniatus described by De Vis in 1905, ^[3] a population found in Queensland, was formerly recognised as Saccolaimus nudicluniatus .^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Lumsden, L.F. (2017). "Saccolaimus saccolaimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T19802A22004019. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19802A22004019.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Temminck, C.J. (1838). "Taphozoüs Saccolaimus". Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie. 5: 14.
3. De Vis, C.W. (1905). "Bats". Annals of the Queensland Museum. 6: 36–40.

Further reading

• Murphy S. (2002) Observations of the 'Critically Endangered' bare-rumped sheathtail bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 23: 185–187.