Taphozous melanopogon

Temminck, 1841

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

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Location:Philippines, NegrosDate taken:Jan 1, 1983

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 876

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

Temminck, C.J. 1841. Livraisons 4–5. Pp. 273–392 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog/page/273/mode/2up

Original name as described

Taphozous melanopogon

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35318, RMNH.MAM.35319, RMNH.MAM.35320

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35318.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35318.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35319.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35319.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35320.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35320.b

Type locality

Bantam, West Java, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka · Bangladesh · Myanmar · China · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei · Philippines · East Timor

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004826

Country distribution map

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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: 11 names and synonyms.

Taphozous bicolor

Temminck, 1838

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35321, RMNH.MAM.35324

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35321.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35321.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35324

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474792

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1838:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60651)
  2. Temminck (1841:290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59645)
  3. Lesson (1842:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Fitzinger (1870:480, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37089)

Taphozous melanopogon

Temminck, 1841

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

melanopogon

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35318, RMNH.MAM.35319, RMNH.MAM.35320

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35318.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35318.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35319.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35319.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35320.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35320.b

Authority page

287

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1841:287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59645)
  2. Lesson (1842:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Fitzinger (1861:390, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
  4. Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Jerdon (1867:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  6. Fitzinger (1870:473, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37089)
  7. Dobson (1872:153, https://books.google.com/books?id=YH8bAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67665)
  8. Blyth (1875:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38674983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
  9. Flower & Lydekker (1891:668, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  10. Elera (1895:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  11. Trouessart (1897:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
  12. Seabra (1900:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68462)
  13. Trouessart (1904:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  14. Thomas (1909:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16295)
  15. Thomas (1915:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36123)
  16. Robinson & Kloss (1916:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67567)
  17. Wroughton (1921:550, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11626)
  18. Phillips (1924:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67766)
  19. Phillips (1929:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  20. Allen (1938:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)
  21. Chasen (1940:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  22. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  23. Laurie & Hill (1954:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  24. Davis (1962:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  25. Medway (1965:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
  26. Corbet & Hill (1980:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  27. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  28. Kitchener & Foley (1985:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53128788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1590)
  29. Corbet & Hill (1991:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  30. Hill (1991:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1730)
  31. Koopman (1993:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  32. Rickart, Heaney, Heideman & Utzurrum (1993:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2821692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50441)
  33. Koopman (1994:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  34. Bates & Harrison (1997:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
  35. Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:281, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
  36. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  37. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  38. Smith & Xie (2008:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  39. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  40. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  41. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  42. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  43. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21461/22110277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taphozous Philippinensis

G. R. Waterhouse, 1845

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

philippinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862505

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1861:390, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
  2. Fitzinger (1870:478, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37089)
  3. Hollister (1912:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
  4. Lawrence (1939:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2775589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17817)
  5. Sanborn (1952:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Koopman (1993:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)

Taphozous cavaticus

Hollister, 1913

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

cavaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:141092

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d8e79133-c0b0-4602-9c04-80b077b0f049

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337810

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Taphozous solifer

Hollister, 1913

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

solifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:113010

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35bee94f0-c414-4ba0-bd7e-606fe82bc659

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337810

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous melanopogon fretensis

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

fretensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.4.20.8 (= FMSM 391/12)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/43ac425f-7641-4052-87da-ab281475baa0

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063740

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Davis (1962:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  3. Medway (1965:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
  4. Hill (1991:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1730)
  5. Koopman (1994:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous melanopogon melanopogon

Chasen, 1940

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

melanopogon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  3. Laurie & Hill (1954:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  4. Kitchener & Foley (1985:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53128788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1590)
  5. Koopman (1994:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous melanopogon cavaticus

Chasen, 1940

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

cavaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

  1. Chasen (1940:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  2. Koopman (1994:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Taphozous melanopogon philippinensis

Rickart, Heaney, Heideman, & Utzurrum, 1993

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

philippinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2821692

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

  1. Rickart, Heaney, Heideman & Utzurrum (1993:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2821692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50441)
  2. Koopman (1994:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

T. m. bicolor

Koopman, 1994

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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