Mammals of the WorldBare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat
Saccolaimus saccolaimus
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Emballonuridae
- Genus
- Saccolaimus
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- India|Sri Lanka|Bangladesh|Myanmar|Thailand|Cambodia|Vietnam|Malaysia|Singapore|Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Indonesia|Brunei|East Timor|Philippines|Papua New Guinea|Solomon Islands|Australia
- Realm
- Australasia|Indomalaya
Other names: Naked-rumped Free-tail Bat|Naked-rumped Pouched Bat|Naked-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat|Naked-tailed Saccolaimus|Pouch-bearing Tomb Bat|Pouched Tomb Bat
About this species
The naked-rumped pouched bat, also called the pouched tomb bat or bare-rumped sheath-tailed bat, is a sac-winged bat described by Temminck in 1838 from Indonesia. The naked-rumped pouched bat (Saccolaimus saccolaimus), also known as the pouched tomb bat, belongs to sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. Described in 1838 by Coenraad Temminck. the author assigned the species to a new genus. Its range takes in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, northern Australia, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. (Wikipedia, general species account).
No description, diet or roost information was found for this entry (Wikipedia, general species account). 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, a population found in Queensland, was formerly recognised as Saccolaimus nudicluniatus. (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of sulawesi guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)