Taphozous hilli

D. J. Kitchener, 1980

Hill's Sheath-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Emballonuroidea
Family: Emballonuridae
Subfamily: Taphozoinae
Genus: Taphozous

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kitchener, D.J. 1980-06-30. Taphozous hilli sp. nov. (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae), a new sheath-tailed bat from Western Australia and Northern Territory. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(2):161-169.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52816851

Original name as described

Taphozous hilli

Other common names

Hill's Tomb Bat · Slender-toothed Sheath-tailed Bat

Type material

WAM M18260

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"4.8 km 180° from Mt Bruce (29°39'03'S, 118°08'30"E), Hammersly Range National Park …, disturbed from roof of test adit [= horizontal passage leading into a mine] at Marandoo minesite, " Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004822

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Taphozous hilli

D. J. Kitchener, 1980

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

hilli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M18260

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

4.8 km 180° from Mt Bruce (22°39'03"S, 118°08'30"E), Hamersley Range National Park (No. A30082), disturbed from roof of test adit at Marandoo minesite.

Type locality

Australia: Western Australia: 22°39′3″S, 118°8′30″E.

Authority page

162

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52816851

Authority publication

Records of the Western Australian Museum

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Koopman (1984:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62326863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1361)
Corbet & Hill (1991:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Jackson & Groves (2015:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Jackson & Groves (2015:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21457/209524440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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