Saccolaimus

Saccolaimus is a genus of the family Emballonuridae,^[2] small insectivorous bats with distinctive sheathtails and pouches at the wrist.

Saccolaimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Saccolaimus Temminck, 1838[1]
Type species
Taphozous saccolaimus Temminck, 1838
Species
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The species have been placed with genus Taphozous, in subgenus Taphozous, although an elevation to genus accords with a 1991 revision of Australian emballonurids.^[3] The type species is Taphozous saccolaimus, published by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1838,^[1] elevated as generic combination Saccolaimus saccolaimus in this arrangement. The genus also follows Temminck's description of that species.^[2] A revision by George Dobson in 1876 erected the genus name Taphonycteris, once recognised and later suppressed as a synonym to give priority to Temminck's earlier description. A key to the genus was provided in its 1991 revision by Christian Chimimba and Darrell Kitchener.^[3][2]

The genus Saccolaimus Temminck, 1838 contains the following taxa:^[2]

• species Saccolaimus flaviventris (Peters, 1867). yellow-bellied pouched or sheath-tailed bat
• species †Saccolaimus kenyensis (Gunnell & Manthi, 2019)^[4]
• species Saccolaimus mixtus Troughton, 1925. Troughton's pouched bat, Papuan sheath-tailed bat
• species Saccolaimus peli. Pel's pouched bat
• species Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck, 1838. naked-rumped pouched bat

The diversity of this genus in Australia, identified as species S. saccolaimus and S. flaviventris, is poorly resolved and requires re-examination of records.^[5]