Note 221 — Chapter V · EMBALLONURINE ALLIANCE. FAMILY V.—EMBALLONURIDÆ, OR THICK-LEGGED BATS.
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Other described species of the genus are:—Taphozous longimanus, with a large throat-sac in the male, found in India, Ceylon, and Burmah; T. melanopagon, with no throat-pouch, but usually with a small black beard under the chin (see figure above), an inhabitant of India, Penang, Burmah, Cochin China, Java, and the Philippine Islands; T. Theobaldi, from Tenasserim; T. australis, from Australia and New Guinea; T. mauritianus, with white wings, from tropical Africa, Madagascar, and the Mascarene Islands; T. saccolaimus, from India and the larger Eastern islands; T. affinis, from Labuan; and T. Peli, from tropical Africa. The Valve-tailed Bat (Diclidurus albus), a native of Brazil, is remarkable for its whitish colour, and especially for the presence of a curious horny case, composed of two parts, which covers the extremity of the tail, and is attached to the upper surface of the interfemoral membrane.