Saccolaimus Temminck 1838

Saccolaimus Temminck 1838, Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Physiol., 5: 14.

Type Species: Taphozous saccolaimus Temminck 1838

Synonyms: Taphonycteris Dobson 1876 .

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 5 subspecies:

Species Saccolaimus flaviventris Peters 1866

Species Saccolaimus mixtus Troughton 1925

Species Saccolaimus peli Temminck 1853

Species Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck 1838

Subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus subsp. saccolaimus Temminck 1838

Subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus subsp. affinis Dobson 1875

Subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus subsp. crassus Blyth 1844

Subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus subsp. nudicluniatus De Vis 1905

Subspecies Saccolaimus saccolaimus subsp. pluto Miller 1910

Discussion: Considered a subgenus of Taphozous by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Corbet and Hill (1980, 1992), and Bates and Harrison (1997), but see Barghoorn (1977), Robbins and Sarich (1988), and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Key to species provided by Chimimba and Kitchener (1991).