ioo Mammals of Eastern Asia 
The Tomb Bats, genus Taphozous, are rather large blackish 
or brownish Bats, some with yellowish white spots on the body, 
others with pure white underparts. They live in hollow trees, 
caverns, deserted temples. In Egypt a species is found hiding 
by day in tombs, whence the common name. This tropical genus 
extends from Africa to Australia. Taphozous can be treated as 
a subfamily, distinct from Emballonura and its relatives. 
The Black-bearded Tomb Bat, T. melanopogon, is one of 
the smaller brown species. The males especially are recognized 
by the jet-black patch of hairs on the throat and chin. The spe- 
cies is found from Java and Bali to Laos, and southern Yunnan, 
China. The length of head and body is from 4 to 4% inches, of 
the tail 1 inch, of the forearm about 2% inches. 
Flower found these Bats common in his kitchen at Bangkok. 
They used to hunt through the rooms of the house in research 
of insects in the evening. They crawled actively on the walls of 
the houses and eaves, often traveling backward up a wall. They 
rested with the head turned slightly upward and the ears pressed 
flat against the neck. 
Two related Tomb Bats, the Spotted Tomb Bat, T. sacco- 
laimus (Penang and Singapore), and the White-winged Tomb 
Bat, T. affinis (Singapore), are recorded in the Malay fauna. 
THE FALSE VAMPIRES (FAMILY MEGADERMIDiE) 
These are big Bats with large, rounded ears that are united 
across the crown of the head. The tragus, a peculiar structure 
of the ear common in Bats, located in front of the ear opening, 
is forked in the Megadermidse, having a short anterior branch 
and a long posterior one. There is a distinct, large noseleaf above 
the nostrils. The wings are ample; the tail absent externally; 
the inter femoral membrane extends nearly an inch beyond the 
body. 
The family is found from tropical Africa to Asia, the East 
