Saccolaimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Saccolaimus
Temminck, 1838[1]
Type species
Taphozous saccolaimus
Temminck, 1838
Species

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Saccolaimus is a genus of the family Emballonuridae,[2] small insectivorous bats with distinctive sheathtails and pouches at the wrist.

The species have been placed with genus Taphozous, in subgenus Taphozous, although an elevation to genus accords with a 1991 revision of Australian emballonurids.[3] The type species is Taphozous saccolaimus, published by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1838,[1] elevated as generic combination Saccolaimus saccolaimus in this arrangement. The genus also follows Temminck's description of that species.[2] A revision by George Dobson in 1876 erected the genus name Taphonycteris, once recognised and later suppressed as a synonym to give priority to Temminck's earlier description. A key to the genus was provided in its 1991 revision by Christian Chimimba and Darrell Kitchener.[3][2]

The genus Saccolaimus Temminck, 1838 contains the following taxa:[2]

The diversity of this genus in Australia, identified as species S. saccolaimus and S. flaviventris, is poorly resolved and requires re-examination of records.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Temminck, C.J. (1838). "Taphozoüs Saccolaimus". Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie. 5: 14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. 1 2 Chimimba, C.T.; Kitchener, D.J. (1991). "A systematic revision of Australian Emballonuridae (Mammalia: Chiroptera)". Records of the Western Australian Museum. Western Australian Museum. 15 (1): 203–265 [235].
  4. ↑ Gunnell, Gregg F.; Manthi, Fredrick K. (April 2018). "Pliocene bats (Chiroptera) from Kanapoi, Turkana Basin, Kenya". Journal of Human Evolution: 102440. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.01.001. PMID 29628118.
  5. ↑ "Species Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck, 1838)". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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