Taphozous

Taphozous

Taphozous longimanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Taphozous Geoffroy, 1818

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Taphozous is a genus of sac-winged bat - one commonly called a tomb bat - in the family Emballonuridae.

It contains the following species:

Indonesian tomb bat (Taphozous achates)
Coastal sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous australis)
Common sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous georgianus)
Hamilton's tomb bat (Taphozous hamiltoni)
Hildegarde's tomb bat (Taphozous hildegardeae)
Hill's sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous hilli)
Arnhem sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous kapalgensis)
Long-winged tomb bat (Taphozous longimanus)
Mauritian tomb bat (Taphozous mauritianus)
Black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon)
Naked-rumped tomb bat (Taphozous nudiventris)
Egyptian tomb bat (Taphozous perforatus)
Theobald's tomb bat (Taphozous theobaldi)
Troughton's sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous troughtoni)

References

Extant species of family Emballonuridae

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Chiroptera

Balantiopteryx	Ecuadorian Sac-Winged Bat (B. infusca) Thomas's Sac-Winged Bat (B. io) Gray Sac-winged Bat (B. plicata)

Centronycteris	Thomas's Shaggy Bat (C. centralis) Shaggy Bat (C. maximiliani)

Coleura	African Sheath-tailed Bat (C. afra) Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat (C. seychellensis)

Cormura	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat (C. brevirostris)

Cyttarops	Short-eared Bat (C. alecto)

Diclidurus (Ghost bats)	Northern Ghost Bat (D. albus) Greater Ghost Bat (D. ingens) Isabelle's Ghost Bat (D. isabellus) Lesser Ghost Bat (D. scutatus)

Emballonura	Small Asian Sheath-tailed Bat (E. alecto) Peters's sheath-tailed bat (E. atrata) 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) Western Sheath-tailed Bat (E. tiavato)

Mosia	Dark Sheath-tailed Bat (M. nigrescens)

Peropteryx	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)

Rhynchonycteris	Proboscis Bat (R. naso)

Saccolaimus	Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat (S. flaviventris) Troughton's Pouched Bat (S. mixtus) Pel's Pouched Bat (S. peli) Naked-rumped Pouched Bat (S. saccolaimus)

Saccopteryx	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)

Taphozous	Indonesian Tomb Bat (T. achates) Coastal tomb bat (T. australis) Sharp-nosed tomb bat (T. georgianus) Hamilton's Tomb Bat (T. hamiltoni) Hildegarde's Tomb Bat (T. hildegardeae) Hill's Tomb Bat (T. hilli) Arnham Tomb 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)

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