Naked-rumped Tomb Bat

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Naked-Rumped Tomb Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Emballonuridae Genus: Taphozous Species: T. nudiventris
Binomial name
Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1830

The Naked-Rumped Tomb Bat (Taphozous nudiventris) is a species of sac-winged bat in the Emballonuridae family. It is found in Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ghana, India, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, caves, and hot deserts.

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• Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W. & Fahr, J. 2004. Taphozous nudiventris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.