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Taphozous kapalgensis  McKean and Friend, 1979
Taxonomic Serial No.: 631732

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Arnhem Sheath-tailed Bat [English]
  
    White-striped Sheath-tailed Bat [English]
  
    Arnhem Tomb Bat [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984  
                                     SuperfamilyEmballonuroidea Gervais, 1855  
                                        FamilyEmballonuridae Gervais, 1855 – sac-winged bats, sheath-tailed bats  
                                           SubfamilyTaphozoinae Jerdon, 1867 – tomb bats, pouched bats, sheath-tailed bats  
                                              GenusTaphozous E. Geoffroy, 1818 – tomb bats, sheath-tailed bats  
                                                 SubgenusTaphozous (Taphozous) E. Geoffroy, 1818  
                                                    SpeciesTaphozous kapalgensis McKean and Friend, 1979 – Arnhem Sheath-tailed Bat, White-striped Sheath-tailed Bat, Arnhem Tomb Bat  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Don E. Wilson   
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Taphozous kapalgensis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source:    
  Acquired:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Chimimba, C. T., and D. J. Kitchener   
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: A systematic revision of Australian Emballonuridae (Mammalia: Chiroptera)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Records of the Western Australian Museum, vol. 15   
  Page(s): 203-265   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0312-3162   
  Notes: Available online at http://museum.wa.gov.au/research/records-supplements/records   
  Reference for: Taphozous kapalgensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Taphozous kapalgensis, Arnhem Tomb Bat [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats   
  Page(s): 1008   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728190   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Taphozous kapalgensis, Arnhem Sheath-tailed Bat [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Taphozous kapalgensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Taphozous kapalgensis, Arnhem Tomb Bat [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) - Vulnerable  
    Comments: Subgenus Taphozous. Reviewed by Chimimba and Kitchener (1991)  
 

 

    


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