Saccolaimus

Saccolaimus is a genus of the bat family Emballonuridae, small insectivorous flying mammals with distinctive sheathtails and pouches at the wrist.

Saccolaimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Saccolaimus
Temminck, 1838[1]

The species have been placed with genus Taphozous, in subgenus Taphozous, although an elevation to genus accords with a 1991 revision of Australian emballonurids.[2] 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.[3] 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.[2][3]

The genus Saccolaimus Temminck, 1838 contains the following taxa:[3]

  • species Saccolaimus flaviventris (Peters, 1867). yellow-bellied pouched or sheath-tailed bat
  • species †Saccolaimus kenyensis (Gunnell & Manthi, 2019)[4]
  • species Saccolaimus mixtus Troughton, 1925. Troughton's pouched bat, Papuan sheath-tailed bat
  • species Saccolaimus peli. Pel's pouched bat
  • species Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck, 1838. naked-rumped pouched bat
    • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus saccolaimus
    • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus affinis
    • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus crassus
    • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus De Vis, 1905.[5]
    • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus pluto

The diversity of this genus in Australia, identified as species S. saccolaimus and S. flaviventris, is poorly resolved and requires re-examination of records.[6]

References
  1. Temminck, C.J. (1838). "Taphozoüs Saccolaimus". Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie. 5: 14.
  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].
  3. 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.
  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. De Vis, C.W. (1905). "Bats". Annals of the Queensland Museum. 6: 36–40.
  6. "Species Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck, 1838)". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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