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.
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.
References
Further reading Murphy S. (2002) Observations of the 'Critically Endangered' bare-rumped sheathtail bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 23: 185–187.