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
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/11056772Original 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-8db563e64744Type 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
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