Belongs within: Chiroptera.
Contains: Emballonura.
The Emballonuridae are the sheath-tailed bats, a pantropical family characterised by the emergence of the tail from the dorsal surface of the uropatagium ahead of its posterior margin. Within the Emballonuridae, the New World Diclidurinae are distinguished from the Old World Emballonurinae and Taphozoinae by the possession of a broad postorbital process and greatly expanded clavicle (Miller 1907) Members of the Taphozoinae have a short, very conical muzzle, with a distint concavity on the lower margin of the mandible (Miller 1907).
Characters (from Miller 1907): Humerus with trochiter well developed, though not as large as trochin, not articulating with scapula, neither tubercle rising above head; epitrochlea not specially developed, but with distinct spinous process (especially in Taphozous and Diclidurus), capitellum nearly in line with shaft; second manal digit with fully developed metacarpal, but no phalanges; third finger with two phalanges, of which the proximal is flexed on dorsal surface of metacarpal when at rest; shoulder girdle normal, seventh cervical vertebra free; foot normal; fibula complete, thread-like; tibia flattened or grooved posteriorly; pelvis normal, except boundaries of sacral vertebrae nearly or quite obliterated; skull with well-developed postorbital processes (in Diclidurus these are obscured by very wide supraorbital ridges); premaxillaries represented by nasal branches only, never fused with each other or with maxillaries; palate ending in plane of last molars or produced somewhat behind it, in the latter case very abruptly narrowed back of toothrows; audital bullae emarginate on inner side; teeth normal; tragus present, simple; muzzle without special cutaneous outgrowths.
<==Emballonuridae [Emballonurina, Emballonurini] | i. s.: Tachypteron franzeniOB13 | EppsinycterisGJ03 |--Taphozoinae [Taphozoi]MJ11 | |--Saccolaimus Temminck 1838MJ11, CK91 [incl. Taphonycteris Dobson 1876CK91] | | | i. s.: S. plutoIT07 | | |--S. peliFS15 | | `--+--S. mixtus Troughton 1925FS15, R64 | | `--+--*S. saccolaimus Temminck 1838CK91, FS15, CK91 (see below for synonymy) | | `--S. flaviventris (Peters 1867)FS15, MB12 (see below for synonymy) | `--Taphozous Geoffroy 1818FS15, CK91 [=Taphagous (l. c.)M07] | | i. s.: T. incognita (Butler & Hopwood 1957) [=Saccolaimus incognita]B78 | | T. mixtusBP87 | | T. peli [=T. (Taphonycteris) peli]M07 | | T. philippinensisIT07 | |--+--T. hamiltoniFS15 | | `--T. nudiventrisFS15 | `--+--+--*T. perforatus Geoffroy 1813M07, FS15, CK91 | | |--T. hildegardeaeFS15 | | |--T. longimanusFS15 | | |--T. mauritianusFS15 | | `--+--T. achatesFS15 | | `--T. melanopogonFS15 | `--+--T. theobaldiFS15 | `--+--T. hilli Kitchener 1980FS15, MB09 | `--+--T. kapalgensis McKean & Friend 1979FS15, CK91 | `--+--T. australis Gould 1854FS15, CK91 [incl. T. fumosus De Vis 1905CK91] | `--+--T. georgianus Thomas 1915FS15, MB12 [=T. australis georgianusCK91] | `--T. troughtoni Tate 1952FS15, R64 `--Emballonurinae [Diclidurinae, Emballonurae]KJ70 | i. s.: Vespertiliavus Schlosser 1887KJ70, SM93 | Depanycteris Thomas 1920 [=Drepanycteris]C57 | `--*D. isabella Thomas 1920C57 |--+--Mosia nigrescensFS15 | `--EmballonuraFS15 `--+--+--+--Rhynchonycteris Peters 1867FS15, G69 (see below for synonymy) | | | `--*R. naso (Wied 1820) (see below for synonymy)C57 | | `--Centronycteris Gray 1838FS15, C57 | | |--C. maximiliani Fischer 1829C57 (see below for synonymy) | | `--C. centralis Thomas 1912FS15, C57 [=C. maximiliani centralisC57] | `--Saccopteryx Illiger 1811FS15, C57 [incl. Urocryptus Temminck 1838C57] | | i. s.: S. perspicillifer Miller 1899C57 | | S. pumila Thomas 1914C57 | |--+--S. canescens Thomas 1901FS15, C57 | | `--S. gymnura Thomas 1901FS15, C57 | `--+--*S. leptura (Schreber 1774)C57, FS15, C57 (see below for synonymy) | `--+--S. antioquensisFS15 | `--S. bilineata (Temminck 1838)FS15, C57 (see below for synonymy) `--+--Balantiopteryx Peters 1867FS15, C57 | | i. s.: B. ochoterenai Martinez & Villa 1938F55 | |--*B. plicata Peters 1867C57, FS15, F55 [=Saccopteryx (*Balantiopteryx) plicataM07] | | |--B. p. plicataF55 | | `--B. p. pallida Burt 1948F55 | `--+--B. infusca (Thomas 1897)FS15, C57 [=Saccopteryx infuscaC57] | `--B. ioFS15 `--+--Peropteryx Peters 1867FS15, C57 | |--P. (Peronymus Peters 1868)C57 | | `--P. (*P.) leucoptera Peters 1867C57, FS15, C57 [=*Peronymus leucopterusC57] | | |--P. l. leucopteraC57 | | `--P. l. cyclops (Thomas 1924) [=Peronymus cyclops]C57 | `--+--P. trinitatisFS15 | `--P. (Peropteryx)C57 | |--P. (P.) macrotis (Wagner 1843)FS15, C57 (see below for synonymy) | `--P. (P.) kappleri Peters 1867C57 | |--P. k. kappleriC57 | `--P. k. intermedia Sanborn 1951 [=P. k. intermedius]C57 `--+--+--Cyttarops Thomas 1913FS15, C57 | | `--*C. alecto Thomas 1913C57 | `--Cormura Peters 1867FS15, C57 [incl. Myropteryx Miller 1906C57] | `--*C. brevirostris (Wagner 1843)C57 (see below for synonymy) `--Diclidurus Wied 1819FS15, C57 [Dicliduri, Diclidurina] |--D. isabellusFS15 `--+--D. scutatus Peters 1869FS15, C57 `--+--*D. albus Wied 1819C57, FS15, C57 [incl. D. freyreissi Wied 1838C57] | |--D. a. albusG69 | `--D. a. virgoG69 `--D. ingens Hernández-Camacho 1955FS15, C57
Centronycteris maximiliani Fischer 1829C57 [=Vespertilio maximilianiC57; incl. Vespertilio calcaratus Wied in Schinz 1821 non Rafinesque 1818C57, Emballonura calcarataC57, Proboscidea (*Centronycteris) calcarataC57, Saccopteryx (*C.) calcarataM07, S. wiedi Palmer 1898C57]
*Cormura brevirostris (Wagner 1843)C57 [=Emballonura brevirostrisC57, Saccopteryx brevirostrisM07; incl. *Myropteryx pullus Miller 1906M07, C57]
Peropteryx (Peropteryx) macrotis (Wagner 1843)FS15, C57 [=Emballonura macrotisC57; incl. E. brunnea Gervais 1855C57, Vespertilio caninus Wied 1826 non Blumenbach 1797C57, E. caninaC57, *Peropteryx caninaC57, Saccopteryx caninaC57]
Rhynchonycteris Peters 1867FS15, G69 [=Rhynchiscus Miller 1907G69; incl. Proboscidea Spix 1823 non Brugière 1791M07]
*Rhynchonycteris naso (Wied 1820) [=Vespertilio naso, *Rhynchiscus naso; incl. Emballonura lineata Temminck 1840, Rhynchiscus naso priscus Allen 1914, Proboscidea rivalis Spix 1823, P. saxatilis Spix 1823]C57
Saccolaimus flaviventris (Peters 1867)FS15, MB12 [=Taphozous flaviventrisCK91, T. australis flaviventrisCK91; incl. T. hargravei Ramsay 1876CK91, T. affinis insignis Leche 1884CK91]
*Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck 1838CK91, FS15, CK91 [=Taphozous saccolaimusCK91, T. (Taphonycteris) saccolaimusM07; incl. T. affinis Dobson 1875CK91, T. (Taphonycteris) affinisM07, T. crassus Blyth 1844CK91, Saccolaimus flavimaculatus Sody 1931CK91, T. granti Thomas 1911CK91, T. nudicluniatus De Vis 1905CK91, T. pulcher Elliot 1844CK91]
Saccopteryx bilineata (Temminck 1838)FS15, C57 [=*Urocryptus bilineatusM07, C57, Emballonura bilineataC57; incl. Saccopteryx bilineata centralis Thomas 1904C57, E. insignis Wagner 1855C57]
*Saccopteryx leptura (Schreber 1774)C57, FS15, C57 [=Vespertilio lepturusC57, S. lepturusC57, Taphozous lepturusC57]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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