Long-winged tomb bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Long-winged tomb bat Taphozous longimanus Least concern

Where the long-winged tomb bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 16 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Long-winged tomb bat: Taphozous longimanus — Photo: Edirisinghe G, Surasinghe T, Gabadage D, Botejue M, Perera K, Madawala M, Weerakoon D, Karunarathna S (2018) Chiropteran, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name	Taphozous longimanus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Emballonuridae

Where does the long-winged tomb bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the long-winged tomb bat in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Myanmar

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the long-winged tomb bat endangered?

The long-winged tomb bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the long-winged tomb bat?

The long-winged tomb bat (Taphozous longimanus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Emballonuridae, genus Taphozous. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the long-winged tomb bat

The long-winged tomb bat (Taphozous longimanus) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Long-winged tomb bat (revision 1327832535), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1832628 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).