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--> FAMILY Emballonuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Taphozoinae
--> GENUS Taphozous
--> SUBGENUS Taphozous
SPECIES Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon
Author: | Temminck, 1841. | Citation: | Monogr. Mamm., 2: 287. | Common Name: | Black-bearded Tomb Bat | Type Locality: | Indonesia, W Java, Bantam. | 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. | Status: | IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc); IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as T. melanopogon and T. solifer. | Comments: | Subgenus Taphozous. Does not includes achates; see Kitchener et al. (1993b). 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 (1995b). Rediagnosed by Kitchener et al. (1993b). Sulawesi and Kei populations have not be allocated to subspecies. |
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