Pouched Bats

Saccolaimus is a genus of the family Emballonuridae, small insectivorous bats with distinctive sheathtails and pouches at the wrist.

The species have been placed with genus Taphozous, in subgenus Taphozous, although an elevation to genus accords with a 1991 revision of Australian emballonurids. The type species is Taphozous saccolaimus, published by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1838, elevated as generic combination Saccolaimus saccolaimus in this arrangement. The genus also follows Temminck's description of that species.