Naked-rumped pouched bat

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Naked-rumped pouched bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Saccolaimus
Species:
S. saccolaimus
Binomial name
Saccolaimus saccolaimus
Temminck, 1838
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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.

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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,

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

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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. 1 2 De Vis, C.W. (1905). "Bats". Annals of the Queensland Museum. 6: 36–40.

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