Saccolaimus Temminck, 1838 . Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Physiol., 5:14.

TYPE SPECIES: Taphozous saccolaimus Temminck, 1838 .

COMMENTS: Considered a subgenus of Taphozous by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:104) and Corbet and Hill (1980:45), but see Barghorn (1977:5).