Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841 . Monogr. Mamm., 2:287.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, W Java, Bantam .

DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka; India; Burma; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; S China; Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands; Borneo; Sumatra, Java, Savu Isl, Lombok, Sumbawa, Timor, Kei Isis, and Sulawesi (Indonesia).

SYNONYMS: achates, bicolor, cavaticus, fretensis.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Taphozous .