Indonesian tomb bat
Indonesian tomb bat | |
---|---|
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Emballonuridae |
Genus: | Taphozous |
Species: | T. achates |
Binomial name | |
Taphozous achates Thomas, 1915 | |
Indonesian tomb bat range |
The Indonesian tomb bat (Taphozous achates) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.[2] It is found only in Indonesia.
Taxonomy
The Indonesian tomb bat was described as a new species in 1915 by British mammalogist Oldfield Thomas. The holotype had been collected on the Indonesian island of Savu in 1896 by British naturalist Alfred Hart Everett.[3] The inspiration for the species name "achates" is the character of Achates from a Latin epic poem, The Aeneid. Oldfield Thomas frequently employed names from mythology and the Classics when naming new species of mammal.[4]
Description
In many characteristics it is similar to the black-bearded tomb bat, though it can be differentiated by its conspicuously larger skull. Individuals have a forearm length of approximately 62 mm (2.4 in).[3]
References
- ^ Hutson, A.M.; Schlitter, D.; Kingston, T. (2016). "Taphozous achates". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21453A22111549. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T21453A22111549.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 382–383. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Thomas, O. (1915). "Notes on Taphozous and Saccolaimus". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 24: 60–61.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3.
- v
- t
- e
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Eutheria
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria
- Order: Chiroptera
- Ecuadorian sac-winged bat (B. infusca)
- Thomas's sac-winged bat (B. io)
- Gray sac-winged bat (B. plicata)
- Thomas's shaggy bat (C. centralis)
- Shaggy bat (C. maximiliani)
- African sheath-tailed bat (C. afra)
- Madagascar sheath-tailed bat (C. kibomalandy)
- Seychelles sheath-tailed bat (C. seychellensis)
- Chestnut sac-winged bat (C. brevirostris)
- Short-eared bat (C. alecto)
(Ghost bats)
- Northern ghost bat (D. albus)
- Greater ghost bat (D. ingens)
- Isabelle's ghost bat (D. isabellus)
- Lesser ghost bat (D. scutatus)
- Small Asian sheath-tailed bat (E. alecto)
- Beccari's sheath-tailed bat (E. beccarii)
- Large-eared sheath-tailed bat (E. dianae)
- Greater sheath-tailed bat (E. furax)
- Lesser sheath-tailed bat (E. monticola)
- Raffray's sheath-tailed bat (E. raffrayana)
- Pacific sheath-tailed bat (E. semicaudata)
- Seri's sheath-tailed bat (E. serii)
- Dark sheath-tailed bat (M. nigrescens)
- Greater dog-like bat (P. kappleri)
- White-winged dog-like bat (P. leucoptera)
- Lesser dog-like bat (P. macrotis)
- Pale-winged dog-like bat (P. pallidoptera)
- Trinidad dog-like bat (P. trinitatis)
- Proboscis bat (R. naso)
- Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat (S. flaviventris)
- Papuan sheath-tailed bat (S. mixtus)
- Pel's pouched bat (S. peli)
- Naked-rumped pouched bat (S. saccolaimus)
- Antioquian sac-winged bat (S. antioquensis)
- Greater sac-winged bat (S. bilineata)
- Frosted sac-winged bat (S. canescens)
- Amazonian sac-winged bat (S. gymnura)
- Lesser sac-winged bat (S. leptura)
- Indonesian tomb bat (T. achates)
- Coastal sheath-tailed bat (T. australis)
- Common sheath-tailed bat (T. georgianus)
- Hamilton's tomb bat (T. hamiltoni)
- Hildegarde's tomb bat (T. hildegardeae)
- Hill's sheath-tailed bat (T. hilli)
- Arnhem sheath-tailed bat (T. kapalgensis)
- Long-winged tomb bat (T. longimanus)
- Mauritian tomb bat (T. mauritianus)
- Black-bearded tomb bat (T. melanopogon)
- Naked-rumped tomb bat (T. nudiventris)
- Egyptian tomb bat (T. perforatus)
- Theobald's tomb bat (T. theobaldi)
- Troughton's sheath-tailed bat (T. troughtoni)
This Emballonuridae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e