''Taphozous'' is a genus of the family Emballonuridae. The wide distribution of the genus includes several regions of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Africa. ''Taphozous'' comes from the Greek τάφος, meaning "a tomb". The common names for species include variants on sac-winged, sheathtail, or tomb bats. The genus is the type for a grouping within the family, subfamily Taphozoinae, and an arrangement that describes two subgenera is as follows: subgenus ''Taphozous'' (''Liponycteris'') *

Hamilton's tomb bat Hamilton's tomb bat (''Taphozous hamiltoni'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the ...

(''Taphozous hamiltoni'') *

Naked-rumped tomb bat The naked-rumped tomb bat (''Taphozous nudiventris'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. Found in northern Africa, the Middle East, and southeastern Asia, its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical ...

(''Taphozous nudiventris'') subgenus ''Taphozous'' (''Taphozous''), *

Indonesian tomb bat The Indonesian tomb bat (''Taphozous achates'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found only in Indonesia. Taxonomy The Indonesian tomb bat was described as a new species in 1915 by British mammalogist Oldfield ...

(''Taphozous achates'') *

Coastal sheath-tailed bat The coastal sheath-tailed batVan Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) ''The Mammals of Australia'', Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane (''Taphozous australis''), or coastal tomb bat, is a species of sheath-tailed bat in t ...

(''Taphozous australis'') *

Common sheath-tailed bat The common sheathtail bat (''Taphozous georgianus''), is a bat in the family Emballonuridae, occurring in northern Australia. Taxonomy A description of the species was first published in 1915 by Oldfield Thomas, his notes on two bat genera res ...

(''Taphozous georgianus'') * Hildegarde's tomb bat (''Taphozous hildegardeae'') *

Hill's sheath-tailed bat Hill's sheath-tailed bat (''Taphozous hilli'') is a bat of the family Emballonuridae. They are found in the deserts of central Australia. Taxonomy The description of the species was published by Darrell Kitchener in 1980, reclassifying bats th ...

(''Taphozous hilli'') *

Arnhem sheath-tailed bat The Arnhem sheath-tailed bat, species (''Taphozous kapalgensis'') is an emballonurid bat found at the Top End of Australia. The species is also referred to as the white-striped sheathtail for the distinguishing marks at the flank, a feature obse ...

(''Taphozous kapalgensis'') *

Long-winged tomb bat The long-winged tomb bat (''Taphozous longimanus'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand Thailand ( ) ...

(''Taphozous longimanus'') *

Mauritian tomb bat The Mauritian tomb bat (''Taphozous mauritianus'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae that is found in central and southern Africa and Madagascar. It was discovered in 1818 by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and is chara ...

(''Taphozous mauritianus'') * Black-bearded tomb bat (''Taphozous melanopogon'') *

Egyptian tomb bat The Egyptian tomb bat (''Taphozous perforatus'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is a medium- to large-sized Yangochiroptera, microbat with a mass of approximately . It is an aerial insectivore, foraging in open sp ...

(''Taphozous perforatus'') *

Theobald's tomb bat Theobald's tomb bat (''Taphozous theobaldi'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist R ...

(''Taphozous theobaldi'') *

Troughton's sheath-tailed bat Troughton's sheath-tailed bat (''Taphozous troughtoni'') is a species of sheathtail bat in the family Emballonuridae, found only in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country co ...

(''Taphozous troughtoni'') The diversity of some species are recognised as subspecies. Some populations are poorly known, the species ''Taphozous hilli'' was not recognised amongst the population of the more common species ''Taphozous georgianus'' until 1980.

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Bat genera Taxa named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Emballonuridae-stub