Taphozous melanopogon - #1437
Black-bearded Tomb Bat
Close-up of wing pouch
Geographic Distribution
Sri Lanka; India; Burma; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; S China; Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands; Borneo; Sumatra, Java, Lombok, Sumbawa, Moyo, Alor, Timor, and Sulawesi (Indonesia), Philippines
Order/Family
Emballonuridae
Genus
Taphozous
Specific Epithet
melanopogon
Image Location
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Image Date
1984
Photographer
C M Francis