Naked-rumped pouched bat

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

Naked-rumped pouched bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Saccolaimus
Species:	S. saccolaimus
Binomial name
Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck, 1838
Naked-rumped pouched bat range

Taxonomy

Described in 1838 by Coenraad Temminck. the author assigned the species to a new genus. The type location is in Indonesia.^[2]

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.^[3]
  • subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus pluto

The form nudicluniatus described by De Vis in 1905,^[3] a population found in Queensland, was formerly recognised as Saccolaimus nudicluniatus.^{[citation needed]}