Coleura gallarum
O. Thomas, 1915
Arabian 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
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1915-06-01. Notes on bats of the genus Coleura. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)15(90):576-579.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256147Original name as described
Coleura gallarum
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1911.8.2.4
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/328026e8-a4b7-4c24-85d0-7558d2057c5aType locality
Zeyla, NW Somalia.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic · Palearctic
Country distribution
Sudan · Eritrea · Djibouti · Somalia · Ethiopia · Yemen · Oman
Taxonomy notes
split from C. afra
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
Not Evaluated
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