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Hamilton's tomb bat

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Hamilton's tomb bat (Taphozous hamiltoni) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae found in Chad, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda; the Mammal Diversity Database also lists Sudan. Its natural habitat is savanna. Oldfield Thomas described it in 1920, and its type locality is Mongalla in Sudan, in what is now South Sudan. The Mammal Diversity Database places it in the Afrotropical realm and records its IUCN Red List status as Not Evaluated. Like other tomb bats of the genus Taphozous it belongs to the sheath-tailed bats, whose tails are partly enclosed by the membrane between the legs. The English Wikipedia article is a short stub, so details of its diet, roosts, habits and population trend are not yet written up in the sources read and remain to be documented.

Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Emballonuridae, Taxa
Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous hamiltoni - Mammal Diversity Database

In Biome

Savanna, Biomes
Source Hamilton's tomb bat (Wikipedia)
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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous hamiltoni - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Chad
Quote, Country distribution, Chad
Country distribution Chad · Kenya · Somalia · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous hamiltoni - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Kenya
Quote, Country distribution, Kenya
Country distribution Chad · Kenya · Somalia · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous hamiltoni - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Somalia
Quote, Country distribution, Somalia
Country distribution Chad · Kenya · Somalia · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda

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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous hamiltoni - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, South Sudan
Quote, Country distribution, South Sudan
Country distribution Chad · Kenya · Somalia · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous hamiltoni - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Sudan
Quote, Country distribution, Sudan
Country distribution Chad · Kenya · Somalia · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous hamiltoni - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Tanzania
Quote, Country distribution, Tanzania
Country distribution Chad · Kenya · Somalia · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous hamiltoni - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Uganda
Quote, Country distribution, Uganda
Country distribution Chad · Kenya · Somalia · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda
Sources
1. Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous hamiltoni - Mammal Diversity Database
Mammal Diversity Database
  • IUCN Red List status
    IUCN Red List status Not Evaluated
  • Species status
    Species status Living
  • Child Taxon Of: Emballonuridae, Taxonomy
    Family: Emballonuridae
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Hamilton's tomb bat (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.
  • In Biome: Savanna, Lead
    Its natural habitat is savanna.
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