Emballonura (meaning: Erect tail) is a genus of sac-winged bats in the family Emballonuridae.[1] It contains these species:[1][2]
- Small Asian sheath-tailed bat (E. alecto)
- Beccari's sheath-tailed bat (E. beccarii)
- Large-eared sheath-tailed bat (E. dianae)
- Greater sheath-tailed bat (E. furax)
- Lesser sheath-tailed bat (E. monticola)
- Raffray's sheath-tailed bat (E. raffrayana)
- Pacific sheath-tailed bat (E. semicaudata)
- Seri's sheath-tailed bat (E. serii)
Emballonura | |
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Pacific sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Emballonuridae |
Genus: | Emballonura Temminck, 1838 |
Type species | |
Emballonura monticola Temminck, 1838
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References
edit- ^ a b Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Goodman, S. M.; Cardiff, S. G.; Ranivo, J.; Russell, A. L.; Yoder, A. D. (2006). "A new species of Emballonura (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from the Dry Regions of Madagascar". American Museum Novitates (3538): 1–24. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3538[1:ANSOEC]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5816. S2CID 16502023.