Naked-rumped pouched bat


The naked-rumped pouched bat, also known as the pouched tomb bat, is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.

Taxonomy

Described in 1838 by Coenraad Temminck. the author assigned the species to a new genus. The type location is in Indonesia.
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.
  • * subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus pluto
The form nudicluniatus described by De Vis in 1905, a population found in Queensland, was formerly recognised as Saccolaimus nudicluniatus.