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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Emballonuridae |
| Genus: | Saccolaimus |
| Species: | S. saccolaimus
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| Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck, 1838
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Taxonomy
editDescribed 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Temminck, C.J. (1838). "Taphozoüs Saccolaimus". Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie. 5: 14.
- ^ a b De Vis, C.W. (1905). "Bats". Annals of the Queensland Museum. 6: 36–40.
Further reading
edit- 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.