Naked-rumped pouched bat explained

The naked-rumped pouched bat (Saccolaimus saccolaimus), also known as the pouched tomb bat, is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.

Taxonomy

Described in 1838 by Coenraad Temminck. the author assigned the species to a new genus. The type location is in Indonesia.^[1]

The uncertain diversity of related populations is represented by five subspecies,

• species Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck, 1838.
  • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus saccolaimus
  • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus affinis
  • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus crassus
  • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus De Vis, 1905.
  • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus pluto

The form nudicluniatus described by De Vis in 1905,^[2] a population found in Queensland, was formerly recognised as Saccolaimus nudicluniatus.

Further reading

• Murphy S. (2002) Observations of the 'Critically Endangered' bare-rumped sheathtail bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 23: 185–187.

Notes and References

1. Temminck . C.J. . Taphozoüs Saccolaimus . Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie . 1838 . 5 . 14 .
2. De Vis . C.W. . C. W. De Vis . Bats . Annals of the Queensland Museum. . 1905 . 6 . 36–40 .