Authority citation: Temminck, C.J. 1853. Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835829
Original name as described: Taphozous peli
Nominal names: peli (Temminck, 1853)
Other common names: Black-hawk Bat|Giant Pouched Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Emballonuridae -- Subfamily: Taphozoinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: RMNH.MAM.35897.a, RMNH.MAM.35897.b
Type locality: "la riviere de Boutry, côte de Guiné [= Boutry River, coastal Guinea]."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Guinea (GIN) | Sierra Leone? | Liberia (LBR) | Cote d'Ivoire | Ghana (GHA) | Nigeria (NGA) | Cameroon (CMR) | Equatorial Guinea (GNQ) | Gabon (GAB) | Central African Republic? | Republic of the Congo (COG) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | Uganda (UGA) | Kenya (KEN) | Angola (AGO)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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