Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus E. Geoffroy 1818

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Emballonuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 381-391 : 384

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Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus E. Geoffroy 1818 View in CoL

Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus E. Geoffroy 1818 View in CoL , Descrip. de L'Egypte, Vol. 2: 126.

Type Locality: Egypt, Kom Ombo.

Vernacular Names: Egyptian Tomb Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus subsp. perforatus E. Geoffroy 1818

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus subsp. haedinus Thomas 1915

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus subsp. senegalensis Desmarest 1820

Subspecies Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus subsp. sudani Thomas 1915

Distribution: Mauritania and Senegal to Botswana, Mozambique, Somalia, Djibouti and Egypt; S Arabia; Jordan; S Iran; Pakistan; NW India.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Taphozous . Includes senegalensis and sudani; see Hayman and Hill (1977). Reviewed by Bates et al. (1994) and Bates and Harrison (1997); see also Meester et al. (1986), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Taylor (2000 a). Subspecies are poorly defined.