Long-winged tomb bat

Long-winged tomb bat

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Taphozous
Species:	T. longimanus
Binomial name
*Taphozous longimanus* Hardwicke, 1825

Long-winged tomb bat range

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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, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

Description

Head and body length 7-9cm. Forearm is 6cm. Wingspan 40cm.

Females are larger than males. Reddish brown pelage, slightly paler below. Juveniles gray colored. Wing narrow and dark brown in color. Wing pocket present. Ears stand straight. Tail tip is free. Fur short, dense, and soft. Males have well developed gular sacs. Whereas in females, this area is a fold of skin. Has a strong and unpleasant odour.

Culture

Known as දික්-බා කෙපුලුම් වවුලා in Sinhala.

References

Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Taphozous longimanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
Simmons, N. B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Extant species of family Emballonuridae

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Chiroptera

Balantiopteryx	Ecuadorian Sac-Winged Bat (B. infusca) Thomas's Sac-Winged Bat (B. io) Gray Sac-winged Bat (B. plicata)

Centronycteris	Thomas's Shaggy Bat (C. centralis) Shaggy Bat (C. maximiliani)

Coleura	African Sheath-tailed Bat (C. afra) Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat (C. seychellensis)

Cormura	Chestnut Sac-winged Bat (C. brevirostris)

Cyttarops	Short-eared Bat (C. alecto)

Diclidurus (Ghost bats)	Northern Ghost Bat (D. albus) Greater Ghost Bat (D. ingens) Isabelle's Ghost Bat (D. isabellus) Lesser Ghost Bat (D. scutatus)

Emballonura	Small Asian Sheath-tailed Bat (E. alecto) Peters's sheath-tailed bat (E. atrata) Beccari's Sheath-tailed Bat (E. beccarii) Large-eared Sheath-tailed Bat (E. dianae) Greater Sheath-tailed Bat (E. furax) Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat (E. monticola) Raffray's Sheath-tailed Bat (E. raffrayana) Pacific Sheath-tailed Bat (E. semicaudata) Seri's Sheath-tailed Bat (E. serii) Western Sheath-tailed Bat (E. tiavato)

Mosia	Dark Sheath-tailed Bat (M. nigrescens)

Peropteryx	Greater Dog-like Bat (P. kappleri) White-winged Dog-like Bat (P. leucoptera) Lesser Dog-like Bat (P. macrotis) Pale-winged Dog-like Bat (P. pallidoptera) Trinidad Dog-like Bat (P. trinitatis)

Rhynchonycteris	Proboscis Bat (R. naso)

Saccolaimus	Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat (S. flaviventris) Troughton's Pouched Bat (S. mixtus) Pel's Pouched Bat (S. peli) Naked-rumped Pouched Bat (S. saccolaimus)

Saccopteryx	Antioquian Sac-winged Bat (S. antioquensis) Greater Sac-winged Bat (S. bilineata) Frosted Sac-winged Bat (S. canescens) Amazonian Sac-winged Bat (S. gymnura) Lesser Sac-winged Bat (S. leptura)

Taphozous	Indonesian Tomb Bat (T. achates) Coastal tomb bat (T. australis) Sharp-nosed tomb bat (T. georgianus) Hamilton's Tomb Bat (T. hamiltoni) Hildegarde's Tomb Bat (T. hildegardeae) Hill's Tomb Bat (T. hilli) Arnham Tomb Bat (T. kapalgensis) Long-winged Tomb Bat (T. longimanus) Mauritian Tomb Bat (T. mauritianus) Black-bearded Tomb Bat (T. melanopogon) Naked-rumped Tomb Bat (T. nudiventris) Egyptian Tomb Bat (T. perforatus) Theobald's Tomb Bat (T. theobaldi) Troughton's Sheath-tailed Bat (T. troughtoni)