Emballonura dianae

J. Edwards Hill, 1956

Large-eared 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 : Emballonura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hill, J.E. 1956-11. The mammals of Rennell Island. Pp. 73–84 in Wolff, T. 1958. The Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands. Volume 1 (Vertebrates). Danish Science Press, Copenhagen, 228 pp.

Original name as described

Emballonura dianae

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1954.875

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Te-Abagua Cave, near Tigoa, Rennell Island, Solomon Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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