Naked-rumped pouched bat
Species of bat
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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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Emballonuridae |
| Genus: | Saccolaimus |
| Species: | S. saccolaimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck, 1838 | |
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Taxonomy
Described in 1838 by Coenraad Temminck. the author assigned the species to a new genus. The type location is in Indonesia.[2]
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.[3]
- subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus pluto
The form nudicluniatus described by De Vis in 1905,[3] a population found in Queensland, was formerly recognised as Saccolaimus nudicluniatus.[citation needed]