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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Emballonuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Taphozoinae
--> GENUS Taphozous
--> SUBGENUS Taphozous
SPECIES Taphozous (Taphozous) perforatus
| Author: | E. Geoffroy, 1818. | | Citation: | Descrip. de L'Egypte, 2: 126. | | Common Name: | Egyptian Tomb Bat | | Type Locality: | Egypt, Kom Ombo. | | Distribution: | Mauritania and Senegal to Botswana, Mozambique, Somalia, Djibouti and Egypt; S Arabia; Jordan; S Iran; Pakistan; NW India. | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | 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 (2000a). Subspecies are poorly defined. |
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