Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon Temminck 1841

Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon Temminck 1841, Monogr. Mamm., Vol. 2: 287.

Type Locality: Indonesia, W Java, Bantam.

Vernacular Names: Black-bearded Tomb Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon subsp. melanopogon Temminck 1841

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon subsp. bicolor Temminck 1841

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon subsp. cavaticus Hollister 1913

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon subsp. fretensis Thomas 1916

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon subsp. phillipinensis Waterhouse 1845

Distribution: Sri Lanka; India; Burma; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; S China; Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands; Borneo; Sumatra, Java, Lombok, Sumbawa, Moyo, Alor, Timor, and Sulawesi (Indonesia), Philippines.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc); IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as T. melanopogon and T. solifer .

Discussion: Subgenus Taphozous . Does not includes achates; see Kitchener et al. (1993 b). Includes phillipinensis; see Heaney et al. (1987, 1998) and Corbet and Hill (1992). Reviewed in part by Bates et al. (1994) and Bates and Harrison (1997); also see Flannery (1995 b). Rediagnosed by Kitchener et al. (1993 b). Sulawesi and Kei populations have not be allocated to subspecies.