N.Queensland, Torres Strait Is., SE.New Guinea. See [About maps]
Taphozous australis Gould, 1854; Mamm. Aust.: 3, TL: Queensland, Albany I.
Australia. See [About maps]
Taphozous georgianus Thomas, 1915; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 24 (1) : 62, TL: W.Australia, King Georges Sound
S.Sudan, Chad, Kenya. See [About maps]
Taphozous hamiltoni Thomas, 1920; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 5: 142, TL: Sudan, Equatoria, Mongalla
Kenya, NE.Tanzania, Zanzibar. See [About maps]
Taphozous hildegardeae Thomas, 1909; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 4: 98, TL: Kenya, Rabai (near Mombasa)
W.Australia, Northern Territory. See [About maps]
Taphozous hilli Kitchener, 1980; Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 8: 162, TL: W.Australia, Hamersley range, near Mt. Bruce
Australia (Northern Territory). See [About maps]
Taphozous kapalgensis McKean & Friend, 1979; Vict. Nat. 96: 239, TL: Northern Territory, S. Alligator River, near Rookery Point, Kapalga
Sri Lanka, India - Kampuchea, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Flores, Bali. See [About maps]
Taphozous longimanus Hardwicke, 1825; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 14: 525, TL: Bengal, Calcutta
South Africa - Sudan, Somalia - Senegal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Reunion, Assumption I., Aldabra I.. See [About maps]
Taphozous mauritianus Geoffroy, 1818; Descrip. de L'Egypte 2: 127, TL: Mauritius
Sri Lanka, India, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, S.China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Savu, Sumbawa, Timor, Kei I., Lombok?. See [About maps]
Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841; Monogr. Mamm. 2: 287, TL: W.Java, Bantam
Senegal - Somalia, Tanzania, Mauritania, Sudan, Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, Iraq, NE.Iran, Afghanistan - Burma. See [About maps]
Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1830; in Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Africa Saugeth.,: 70, TL: Giza, Egypt
Senegal - Zaire - Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia - Sudan, Egypt, S.Arabia, S.Iran, Pakistan, NW.India. See [About maps]
Egyptinhautalepakko
Philippines. See [About maps]
Taphozous philippinensis Waterhouse, 1845; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1845: 9, TL: Philippines
C.India - Indochina, Java. See [About maps]
Taphozous theobaldi Dobson, 1872; Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 152, TL: Burma, Tenasserim27.8.2002 (15)
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