Emballonura semicaudata

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Pacific 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

Peale, T.R. 1849-06-05. United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII. Mammalia and Ornithology. C. Sherman, Philadelphia, 338 pp.

Original name as described

Vespertilio semicaudatus

Other common names

Caroline Sheath-tailed Bat · Mariana Sheath-tailed Bat · Polynesian Sheath-tailed Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:3727

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Samoa.

Biogeographic realm

Oceania (Biorealm)

Country distribution

Palau · Northern Marianas · Samoa · American Samoa · Fiji · Tonga · Micronesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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