Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1830 . In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Säugeth., 1:70.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Giza .

DISTRIBUTION: Mauritania, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau to Egypt, south to Tanzania and east to Burma.

SYNONYMS: assabensis, babylonicus, kachhensis, ntagnus, nudaster, serratus, ziyidi.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Liponycteris . Includes kachhensis; see Felten (1962:175). Formerly included in genus Liponycteris; see Hayman and Hill (1971:15).