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Emballonura

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Emballonura (meaning: Erect tail) is a genus of sac-winged bats in the family Emballonuridae. It contains these species: 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)

Species

lesser sheath-tailed bat

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderChiroptera
  5. FamilyEmballonuridae
Observations142
Observations recorded3,268

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
238
Family
Emballonuridae
Collections
CUMV, USNM, LACM, ROM, AMNH, FMNH
Recorded in
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Federated States Of Micronesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Emballonura semicaudata.jpg
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taxon name
Emballonura
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Emballonura
topic's main category
Category:Emballonura
taxon common name
Sheath-Tailed Bats
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Emballonura (meaning: Erect tail) is a genus of sac-winged bats in the family Emballonuridae. It contains these species: 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)

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emballonura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.