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Taphozous
Sign in to saveTaphozous is a genus of the family Emballonuridae. The wide distribution of the genus includes several regions of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Africa. Taphozous comes from the Greek τάφος, meaning "a tomb". The common names for species include variants on sac-winged, sheathtail, or tomb bats.
Species
Mauritian Tomb Bat
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderChiroptera
- FamilyEmballonuridae
墓蝠屬（南墓蝠），哺乳綱、翼手目、鞘尾蝠科的一屬，而與墓蝠屬（南墓蝠）同科的動物尚有銀線蝠屬（大銀線蝠）、囊喉墓蝠屬（囊喉墓蝠）等之數種哺乳動物。 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=墓蝠屬&oldid=36310928” 分类：鞘尾蝠科隐藏分类：本地相关图片与维基数据不同
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- Geoffroy, 1813
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Taphozous is a genus of the family Emballonuridae. The wide distribution of the genus includes several regions of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Africa. Taphozous comes from the Greek τάφος, meaning "a tomb". The common names for species include variants on sac-winged, sheathtail, or tomb bats.
The genus is the type for a grouping within the family, subfamily Taphozoinae, and an arrangement that describes two subgenera is as follows: