Coleura afra

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

African Sheath-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Emballonuroidea
Family : Emballonuridae
Subfamily : Emballonurinae
Tribe : Emballonurini
Genus : Coleura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Hr. Peters legte von seinem Werke über Mossambique die erste Abtheilung der Säugethiere vor, und gab die Diagnosen der darin beschriebenen und abgebildeten neuen Arten. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851:756-759.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056772

Original name as described

Emballonura afra

Other common names

Mozambique Sheath-tailed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1858.6.18.12, BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.703, RMNH.MAM.27333, ZMB 429, ZMB 430, ZMB 571, ZMB 54845, ZMB 67559, ZMB 67561, ZMB 67562, ZMB 85667, ZMB 85668, ZMB 85669

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27333 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b930f10b-33c1-4b59-a184-8be49ac922cc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eebb75d9-4b15-4184-ad8c-8db563e64744

Type locality

Tete, Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Tanzania · Ethiopia · Sudan · South Sudan · Somalia · Kenya · Angola · Mozambique · Rwanda? · Burundi?

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. gallarum

Taxonomy notes citation

Uvizl, M., Šmíd, J., Aghová, T., Varadínová, Z. K., & Benda, P. (2019). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the sheath-tailed bats from the Middle East (Emballonuridae: Taphozous and Coleura). Acta Chiropterologica, 21(1), 23-34.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004798

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Emballonura afra

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

afra

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.6.18.12, BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.703, RMNH.MAM.27333, ZMB 429, ZMB 430, ZMB 571, ZMB 54845, ZMB 67559, ZMB 67561, ZMB 67562, ZMB 85667, ZMB 85668, ZMB 85669

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27333 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b930f10b-33c1-4b59-a184-8be49ac922cc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eebb75d9-4b15-4184-ad8c-8db563e64744

Authority page

758

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056772

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Coleura gallarum nilosa

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

nilosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.3.6.76

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9306ad89-43ee-4608-993c-899a4548a166

Authority page

577

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256147

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Coleura kummeri

Monard, 1939

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

kummeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 1328.03, MHNG 861.57, MHNG 861.58, MNHN-ZM-MO-1940-1209, NMB 5277, NMB 5278, RMCA 15313

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1940-1209

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Archivos do Museu Bocage

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Coleura afra

Matschie, 1895

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

afra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835419

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5113/22089365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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