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(1995); also see Taylor (2000 a ).; [batnames2025_1.7] Reviewed in part by Peterson et al. (1995); also see Taylor (2000a).						cinerascens, dobsoni, leucopterus.			cinerascens, dobsoni, leucopterus			mauritianus 	mauritianus - cinerascens, dobsoni, leucopterus	mauritianus, leucopterus, dobsoni, cinerascens		mauritianus 	mauritianus - cinerascens, dobsoni, leucopterus	mauritianus, leucopterus, dobsoni, cinerascens	mauritianus, leucopterus, dobsoni, cinerascens	mauritianus 	mauritianus - cinerascens, dobsoni, leucopterus	mauritianus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813|leucopterus Temminck, 1838|dobsoni Jentink, 1879|cinerascens de Seabra, 1900|maritianus de Seabra, 1900 [incorrect subsequent spelling]		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Mauritian tomb bat	Africa S of Sahara, Madagascar, Aldabra, Mauritius, Reunion, Assumption	Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. and Koeppl, J.W. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press, Lawrence, 694 pp.	Taphozous mauritianus	Mauritius.	E. Geoffroy	1818	Descrip, de L'Egypte, 2:127.	Distribution: Over most of sub-Sa haran Africa from at least Sierra Leone on the west to Ethiopia in the east and south to Cape Province, South Africa. Also Madagascar, Al dabra, Reunion, and Mauritius, all in the western Indian Ocean.		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1991. A World List of Mammalian Species. Third edition. Oxford University Press, London, 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-854017-5	Mauritian tomb bat	Africa S of Sahara, Madagascar, Aldabra, Mauritius, Reunion, Assumption	Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–242 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.	E. Geoffroy	1818	Descrip, de L'Egypte, 2:127.	Subgenus Taphozous.	South Africa to Sudan and Somalia to Senegal; Mauritius and Reunion Isis (Mascarene Isis); Madagascar; Assumption Isl and Aldabra Isl.	Mauritius.		E. GEOFFROY	1818	Gular sac present and throat area virtually naked. Size me dium (forearm length, 57-65 mm). A distinctive color pattern, grizzled gray dorsally and white ventrally.	Distribution: Over most of sub-Sa haran Africa from at least Sierra Leone on the west to Ethiopia in the east and south to Cape Province, South Africa. Also Madagascar, Al dabra, Reunion, and Mauritius, all in the western Indian Ocean.	No subspecies.		42	species	T. mauritianus	E. GEOFFROY	1818	Taphozous	subgenus	Taphozous mauritianus				Gular sac present and throat area virtually naked. Size me dium (forearm length, 57-65 mm). A distinctive color pattern, grizzled gray dorsally and white ventrally.	No subspecies.		11. T. mauritianus E. GEOFFROY 1818.	11	NA			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Emballonuridae	Taphozoinae		Taphozous mauritianus	Taphozous	Taphozous	mauritianus	E. Geoffroy		1818		Descrip. de L'Egypte	2		127		Mauritian Tomb Bat	Mauritius.	South Africa to Sudan and Somalia to Senegal; Mauritius and Réunion Isls (Mascarene Isls); São Tomé and Princepe; Madagascar; Assumption Isl and Aldabra Isl.	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).	cinerascens Seabra, 1900; dobsoni Jentink, 1879; leucopterus Temminck, 1835.	Subgenus Taphozous. Reviewed in part by Peterson et al. (1995); also see Taylor (2000a).	03D587F2FFCB4C00FF1B25C9F5DEF52E	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Emballorunidae.pdf.imd	hash://md5/ffecff8affcf4c04ffa53577fff8ffe9	351	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/03/D5/87/03D587F2FFCD4C07F8FD3FA2F994F157.xml	Taphozous mauritianus	Emballonuridae	Taphozous	mauritianus	E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1813	Mauritian Tomb Bat @en | Taphien de Maurice @fr | Mauritius-Grabfledermaus @de | Tafozode Mauricio @es | Tomb Bat @en	Taphozous mauritianus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 , Island of Mauritius . Taphozous mauritianus is in the subgenus Taphozous . Monotypic.	Much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal E to W Ethiopia and S Somalia, and S to NE Namibia and E South Africa, including Bioko, Principe, São Tomé, Annobón, and Unguja (Zanzibar Archipelago) Is; also in Madagascar, Aldabra, Assumption, Comoros (Mayotte I), Mauritius, and Réunion Is.			Mauritian Tomb Bats eat moths, alate termites {Macrotermes falciger) , butterflies, and other insects. Like other species of tomb bats, they fly high and fast. During wet season, radio-tracked individuals from the day roost at Babalala Picnic Area, Kruger National Park, flew up to 5 km from their day roost to nightly feeding areas. Individuals forage independently , but subadults appear to fly with mothers.	Given the large distribution of Mauritian Tomb Bats across the African continent, it is not surprising that they are polyestrous in wet tropical regions and monoestrous in more seasonal arid and temperate regions. Timing of parturition from region to region also varies depending on climate and latitude. In Zimbabwe, females were observed carrying a single young in October and were pregnant again in February; in northern Zaire, Tanzania, and Kenya, births occurred in April-May. After birth, single young cling to their mothers’ abdomens in flight, and they carry them until it can fly on their own. In tropical northern reaches of Kruger National Park, Mauritian Tomb Bats are migratory, regularly appearing in wet season at the Babalala Picnic Site to rear young but disappearing during dry season.	Mauritian Tomb Bats emerge after dark and actively forage for several hours thereafter. At Babalala Picnic Area, a roosting group of 3-8 adult bats arrive each wet season in this mopane forest/grassland region. They roost by day at tops ofwooden posts that support a thatch-covered, open-air, circular structure, singly or as a breeding pair, with an adult male and adult female on each post Mauritian Tomb Bats also roost on cliffwalls with overhanging rock shelves and trunks of large trees where deep shade is available. They rest against roost substrate in vertical head-down postures, clinging with feet and thumbs. The species produces a multi-harmonic HDC-QCF call, with low peak frequency of 25-9 kHz, narrow bandwidth of 2-8 kHz, and intermediate duration of 7-4 milliseconds. Second and third harmonics are often present on a spectrogram.	Mauritian Tomb Bats roost singly or in small groups of up to twelve individuals and remain alert while roosting. Some females at Babalala have a subadult clinging to their backs even though young are able to fly and seem to forage with their mothers. All bats at Babalala tolerate tourists walking past only 2 m below them. Mauritian Tomb Bats often roost in buildings inhabited by people. Young cling to breasts of their mothers, but subadults cling to dorsa of their mothers in day roosts until nearly adult size. Adults maintain minimum spacing of 10-15 cm in day roosts. Group members returning to a day roost emit a contact call, repeated at intervals of 2-3 seconds. Mauritian Tomb Bats and African Sheath-tailed Bats { Coleura afra ) intermingle in twilight zones of some caves. Some raptors that hunt at dusk and owls that hunt at night in Kruger National Park actively hunt bats, and Mauritian Tomb Bats probably fall prey to these carnivorous birds. Snakes also prey on Mauritian Tomb Bats. Trematodes {Anchitrema) are common endoparasites.	Classified as Least Concern on 77i? IUCN Red List. The Mauritian Tomb Bat has a large distribution and presumably large and stable overall population, and it is tolerant of habitat modification. It occurs in many protected areas in Africa including Kruger and Mapungubwe national parks in South Africa and Zombitse-Vohibasia and Ankarafantsika national parks in Madagascar.	Allen, G.M. (1939) | Allen, J .A. (1917) | Anciaux de aveaux (1983) | Ansell (1978) | Ansell & Dowsett (1988) | Dengis (1996) | Happold & Happold (1988,1990) | Happold et al. (1987) | Hayman & Hill (1971) | Juste & Ibänez (1993a) | Kingdon (1974) | Lang & Chapin (1917b) | Monadjem, Fahr , Mickleburgh etal. (2017) | Rosevear (1965) | Shortridge (1934) | Skinner & Chimimba (2005) | Smithers & Wilson (1979) | Taylor (2000) | Verschuren (1957) | Wilson (1975)	https://zenodo.org/record/3747908/files/figure.png	3 . Mauritian Tomb Bat Taphozous mauritianus French: Taphien de Maurice / German: Mauritius-Grabfledermaus / Spanish: Tafozo de Mauricio Other common names: Tomb Bat Taxonomy . Taphozous mauritianus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 , Island of Mauritius . Taphozous mauritianus is in the subgenus Taphozous . Monotypic. Distribution. Much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal E to W Ethiopia and S Somalia, and S to NE Namibia and E South Africa, including Bioko, Principe, São Tomé, Annobón, and Unguja (Zanzibar Archipelago) Is; also in Madagascar, Aldabra, Assumption, Comoros (Mayotte I), Mauritius, and Réunion Is. Descriptive notes. Head-body c.76 - 88 mm, tail 15-28 mm, ear 12-22 mm, hindfoot 11-18 mm, forearm 58-65 mm; weight 20-36 g. There is no sexual dimorphism in general appearance and size, and both sexes have radio-metacarpal pouches. Dorsum of the Mauritian Tomb Bat appears to be grizzled due to tricolored hairs: whitish at tips, graybrown in middle, and pale brown at bases. Fur is sleek and close to body; it extends onto uropatagiumjust beyond point at which tail perforates the membrane. Venter is white, strongly contrasting dark appearance of dorsum. Sexually mature males have conspicuous gular pouch. Some adult females in Mozambique, Sudan, and Nigeria reportedly have gular sac and others do not, but when present, it is less developed than in males. In mature males, gular sac opens anteriorly and contains glands that produce secretions that pass through its anterior opening. Radio-metacarpal sacs are located at forward angles on each wing . These sacs are formed by fold ofskin stretched between radius and basaljoint ofmetacarpal offifth digit. Aspect ratio oflong, narrow wing is 8-2, which makes it difficult to maneuver in tight confines. Under experimental conditions, Mauritian Tomb Bats cannot manage a turn in a 1-m wide corridor. Metacarpals decline in length progressively from third to fifth digits. Second digit has only metacarpals, but there are two phalanges on third, fourth, and fifth digits. At rest, long narrow tip of wing is shortened as first phalanx of third digit folds forward and on top of metacarpal, while second phalanx folds down on bottom of first. Such folding ofwingtip facilitates efficient crawling on roost substrates. Posterior margin of interfemoral membrane (uropatagium) is supported on each side by strong calcar. Tail projects through middle of this membrane and above membrane as is typical in Emballonuridae . Ear is triangular. Tragus is ovalshaped and as broad (4-5 mm) as it is long. Long, thin postorbital processes of skull taper and curve down around eye sockets. Rounded braincase rises above plane of face, resulting in curved profile with little to no sagittal crest . Deep saucer-like depression in frontal area is apparent on face of live individuals. Posterior edge of palate ends abruptly at last molar, with gaps on inner edge of palate due to incomplete auditory bullae. On following pages: 4. Hamilton's Tomb Bat [ Taphozous hamiltoni ); 5. Hildegarde'sTomb Bat ( Taphozous hildegardeae }; 6. Long-winged Sheath-tailed Bat ( Taphozous longimanus ); 7. Black-bearded Tomb Bat ( Taphozous melanopogoh ); 8. Theobald'sTomb Bat ( Taphozous theobaldi ); 9. Indonesian Tomb Bat ( Taphozous achates ); 10. Arnhem Sheath-tailed Bat ( Taphozous kapalgensis }; 11. Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat ( Taphozous australis }; 12. Common Sheath-tailed Bat ( Taphozous georgianus ); 13. Hill's Sheath-tailed Bat ( Taphozous hilli ); 14. Troughton's Sheath-tailed Bat ( Taphozous troughtoni ); 15. Pel's Pouched Bat ( Saccolaimus peli ); 16. Bare-rumped Sheathtailed Bat ( Saccolaimus saccolaimus ); 17. Papuan Sheath-tailed Bat ( Saccolaimus mixtus ); 18. Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat ( Saccolaimus flaviventris ). Habitat Moist savannas, open woodlands, and grasslands with more than 500 mm of rain per year, and riparian gallery forests and swamps along large rivers, from sea level to elevations of C.900 m. Mauritian Tomb Bats on Sao Tomé and Principe occur in cocoa plantations. Often found in anthropomorphic habitats (e.g. roosting under eaves of houses). Food and Feeding . Mauritian Tomb Bats eat moths, alate termites {Macrotermes falciger) , butterflies, and other insects. Like other species of tomb bats, they fly high and fast. During wet season, radio-tracked individuals from the day roost at Babalala Picnic Area, Kruger National Park, flew up to 5 km from their day roost to nightly feeding areas. Individuals forage independently , but subadults appear to fly with mothers. Breeding . Given the large distribution of Mauritian Tomb Bats across the African continent, it is not surprising that they are polyestrous in wet tropical regions and monoestrous in more seasonal arid and temperate regions. Timing of parturition from region to region also varies depending on climate and latitude. In Zimbabwe, females were observed carrying a single young in October and were pregnant again in February; in northern Zaire, Tanzania, and Kenya, births occurred in April-May. After birth, single young cling to their mothers’ abdomens in flight, and they carry them until it can fly on their own. In tropical northern reaches of Kruger National Park, Mauritian Tomb Bats are migratory, regularly appearing in wet season at the Babalala Picnic Site to rear young but disappearing during dry season. Activity patterns. Mauritian Tomb Bats emerge after dark and actively forage for several hours thereafter. At Babalala Picnic Area, a roosting group of 3-8 adult bats arrive each wet season in this mopane forest/grassland region. They roost by day at tops ofwooden posts that support a thatch-covered, open-air, circular structure, singly or as a breeding pair, with an adult male and adult female on each post Mauritian Tomb Bats also roost on cliffwalls with overhanging rock shelves and trunks of large trees where deep shade is available. They rest against roost substrate in vertical head-down postures, clinging with feet and thumbs. The species produces a multi-harmonic HDC-QCF call, with low peak frequency of 25-9 kHz, narrow bandwidth of 2-8 kHz, and intermediate duration of 7-4 milliseconds. Second and third harmonics are often present on a spectrogram. Movements, Home range and Social organization. Mauritian Tomb Bats roost singly or in small groups of up to twelve individuals and remain alert while roosting. Some females at Babalala have a subadult clinging to their backs even though young are able to fly and seem to forage with their mothers. All bats at Babalala tolerate tourists walking past only 2 m below them. Mauritian Tomb Bats often roost in buildings inhabited by people. Young cling to breasts of their mothers, but subadults cling to dorsa of their mothers in day roosts until nearly adult size. Adults maintain minimum spacing of 10-15 cm in day roosts. Group members returning to a day roost emit a contact call, repeated at intervals of 2-3 seconds. Mauritian Tomb Bats and African Sheath-tailed Bats { Coleura afra ) intermingle in twilight zones of some caves. Some raptors that hunt at dusk and owls that hunt at night in Kruger National Park actively hunt bats, and Mauritian Tomb Bats probably fall prey to these carnivorous birds. Snakes also prey on Mauritian Tomb Bats. Trematodes {Anchitrema) are common endoparasites. Status and Conservation . Classified as Least Concern on 77i? IUCN Red List. The Mauritian Tomb Bat has a large distribution and presumably large and stable overall population, and it is tolerant of habitat modification. It occurs in many protected areas in Africa including Kruger and Mapungubwe national parks in South Africa and Zombitse-Vohibasia and Ankarafantsika national parks in Madagascar. Bibliography. Allen, G.M. (1939), Allen, J .A. (1917), Anciaux de aveaux (1983), Ansell (1978), Ansell & Dowsett (1988), Dengis (1996), Happold & Happold (1988,1990), Happold et al. (1987), Hayman & Hill (1971), Juste & Ibänez (1993a), Kingdon (1974), Lang & Chapin (1917b), Monadjem, Fahr , Mickleburgh etal. (2017), Rosevear (1965), Shortridge (1934), Skinner & Chimimba (2005), Smithers & Wilson (1979), Taylor (2000), Verschuren (1957), Wilson (1975).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Emballonuridae	Taphozous mauritianus	Taphozous		mauritianus	E. Geoffroy	1818	0	Descrip. de L'Egypte	0.1715	Mauritian Tomb Bat	 cinerascens Seabra, 1900; dobsoni Jentink, 1879; leucopterus Temminck, 1835.	Mauritius.	South Africa to Sudan and Somalia to Senegal; Mauritius and R&eacute;union Isls (Mascarene Isls); S&atilde;o Tom&eacute and Princepe; Madagascar; Assumption Isl and Aldabra Isl.	Not listed.	Least Concern	Reviewed in part by Peterson et al. (1995); also see Taylor (2000 a ).	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Taphozous mauritianus	23	Mauritian Tomb Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	EMBALLONUROIDEA	EMBALLONURIDAE	TAPHOZOINAE	NA	Taphozous	Taphozous	mauritianus	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1818	0	Taphozous_mauritianus	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. (1818). Description des mammiferes qui se trouvent en Égypte. In E. F. Jomard (ed.). Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. Imprimerie impériale, Paris, 2, 127.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54149#page/130/mode/1up	MNHN 1997-1845		Island of Mauritius.			mauritianus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818|leucopterus Temminck, 1835|dobsoni Jentink, 1879|cinerascens Seabra, 1900	NA	NA	Senegal|Gambia|Mauritania?|Guinea?|Liberia?|Mali?|Sierra Leone|Ghana|Côte d'Ivoire?|Togo|Benin|Nigeria|Cameroon|Equatorial Guinea|São Tomé & Príncipe|Chad|Central African Republic|Gabon|Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Sudan|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Uganda|Kenya|Somalia|Tanzania|Rwanda?|Burundi?|Angola|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|Namibia|Botswana|South Africa|Eswatini|Madagascar|Comoros|Reunion|Mayotte|Seychelles|Mauritius	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Taphozous_mauritianus	0	sciname match	Taphozous_mauritianus	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	21460	Taphozous mauritianus	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	EMBALLONURIDAE	Taphozous	mauritianus	É. Geoffroy, 1818		20000000	Taphozous mauritianus	Least Concern		2017	2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	This bat is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.	It is generally found in moist, open habitats and savanna regions (Skinner and Chimimba 2005). It occurs in open woodland and generally avoids the interior of dense forests. However, it lives in the rainforest zone, and is also found along major rivers. Because it is found either in areas receiving &gt;500 mm rain per year or near swamps and rivers, it is apparently dependent on open water or riparian forests (see Dengis 1996 for references). The populations found on Sao Tomé and Principe are often found in cocoa plantations (Juste and Ibañez 1993). It is often found in built-up areas, roosting under the eaves of houses, particularly face-brick houses (Dengis 1996; Taylor 2000). Roost sites also include cliff walls with overhanging rock shelves and trunks of large trees where shade is always available (see Dengis 1996 for references). The species tends to roost near human settlements (Taylor 2000) and to prefer buildings inhabited by people, rather than buildings under construction (see Dengis 1996 for references).	Overall, this species is not significantly threatened. It is locally hunted (by children) in parts of its range.	The Mauritian tomb bat is not rare and is easy to find. It usually roosts under covering vegetation on the outer bark of trees.	Unknown	This species is found throughout much of subsaharan Africa, and is also on several islands (including the islands of Zanzibar (Tanzania), Bioko and Pagalu [Equatorial Guinea], and Sao Tomé and Principe). The most northerly records are from the border area between Senegal and Mauritania and at the head of the Nile River in Sudan. It is present throughout southern and eastern Madagascar but it usually only occurs at lower altitudes and there are no records from the central plateau or above 900 m. It is known from Aldabra, Mauritius, the Comoros and Réunion. Records from the western Cape region in southern Africa are unverified, with known records extending as far south as Mossel Bay. It is also recorded in an isolated location in the Northern Cape, near Hartwater (Taylor 2000, Skinner and Chimimba 2005).		Terrestrial	This species is known from protected areas within Madagascar including Zombitse National Park and Ankarafantsika National Park, as well as from many protected areas on the African continent.	Afrotropical		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Emballonuridae	Taphozous		mauritianus	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1818	0	Descrip. de L'Egypte	0.171528	Mauritian Tomb Bat	 cinerascens Seabra, 1900; dobsoni Jentink, 1879; leucopterus Temminck, 1835.	Mauritius.	South Africa to Sudan and Somalia to Senegal; Mauritius and R&eacute;union Isls (Mascarene Isls); S&atilde;o Tom&eacute and Princepe; Madagascar; Assumption Isl and Aldabra Isl.	Not listed.	Least Concern	Reviewed in part by Peterson et al. (1995); also see Taylor (2000 a ).	Taphozous mauritianus	1004825	23	Mauritian Tomb Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	EMBALLONUROIDEA	Emballonuridae	TAPHOZOINAE	NA	Taphozous	Taphozous	mauritianus	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1818	0	Taphozous_mauritianus	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. (1818). Description des mammiferes qui se trouvent en Égypte. In E. F. Jomard (ed.). Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. Imprimerie impériale, Paris, 2, 127.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54149#page/130/mode/1up	MNHN 1997-1845		Island of Mauritius.			mauritianus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818|leucopterus Temminck, 1835|dobsoni Jentink, 1879|cinerascens Seabra, 1900	NA	NA				Senegal|Gambia|Mauritania?|Guinea?|Liberia?|Mali?|Sierra Leone|Ghana|Côte d'Ivoire?|Togo|Benin|Nigeria|Cameroon|Equatorial Guinea|São Tomé & Príncipe|Chad|Central African Republic|Gabon|Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Sudan|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Uganda|Kenya|Somalia|Tanzania|Rwanda?|Burundi?|Angola|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|Namibia|Botswana|South Africa|Eswatini|Madagascar|Comoros|Reunion|Mayotte|Seychelles|Mauritius	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Taphozous_mauritianus	0	sciname match	Taphozous_mauritianus	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Taphozous_mauritianus	1004825	23	Mauritian Tomb Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Emballonuroidea	Emballonuridae	Taphozoinae	NA	Taphozous	NA	mauritianus	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	0	Taphozous mauritianus	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1813-03. Description des mammifères qui se trouvent en Égypte. Pp. 99–144 in Anonymous. 1818. Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empéreur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire naturelle. Tome second. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris, 752 pp.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953716	MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1845	holotype	http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1845	Island of Mauritius.			NA	NA				Senegal|Gambia|Mauritania?|Guinea?|Liberia?|Mali?|Sierra Leone|Ghana|Cote d'Ivoire?|Togo|Benin|Nigeria|Cameroon|Equatorial Guinea|São Tomé and Príncipe|Chad|Central African Republic|Gabon|Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Sudan|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Uganda|Kenya|Somalia|Tanzania|Rwanda?|Burundi?|Angola|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|Namibia|Botswana|South Africa|Eswatini|Madagascar|Comoros|Réunion|Mayotte|Seychelles|Mauritius	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Taphozous_mauritianus	0	sciname match	Taphozous_mauritianus	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Emballonuridae	Taphozous		mauritianus	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1818	0	Descrip. de L'Egypte	0.171528	Mauritian Tomb Bat	cinerascens Seabra, 1900; dobsoni Jentink, 1879; leucopterus Temminck, 1835.	Mauritius.	South Africa to Sudan and Somalia to Senegal; Mauritius and R&eacute;union Isls (Mascarene Isls); S&atilde;o Tom&eacute and Princepe; Madagascar; Assumption Isl and Aldabra Isl.	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21460/22111004/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	Reviewed in part by Peterson et al. (1995); also see Taylor (2000a).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Taphozous mauritianus; Taphozous mauritianus; Taphozous mauritianus; Taphozous mauritianus; Taphozous mauritianus; Taphozous mauritianus; cinerascens; dobsoni; leucopterus; cinerascens; dobsoni; leucopterus; mauritianus; leucopterus; dobsoni; cinerascens; Mauritian Tomb Bat; Taphien de Maurice; Mauritius-Grabfledermaus; Tafozode Mauricio; Tomb Bat; Mauritian Tomb Bat; Mauritian Tomb Bat; Mauritian Tomb Bat; T. mauritianus