''Emballonura'' (meaning: Erect tail) is a genus of
sac-winged bat
Emballonuridae is a family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The earliest fossil records are from the Eocene.
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Emballonuridae
Emballonuridae is a family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The earliest fossil records are from the Eocene.
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It contains these species:
* Small Asian sheath-tailed bat
The small Asian sheath-tailed bat (''Emballonura alecto'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines
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(''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
The Pacific sheath-tailed bat or Polynesian sheath-tailed bat (''Emballonura semicaudata'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae found in American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Micronesia, Palau, Samoa (where it is called ''pe'a vai ...
(''E. semicaudata'')
* Seri's sheath-tailed bat (''E. serii'')
References
Bat genera
Taxa named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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