Naked-rumped pouched bat

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.

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.

References

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.