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Emballonura semicaudata Peale 1848

Description

Emballonura semicaudata Peale 1848

Emballonura semicaudata Peale 1848, Mammalia, in: Repts. U. S. Expl. Surv., Vol. 8: 23.

Type Locality: Samoa.

Vernacular Names: Polynesian Sheath-tailed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Emballonura semicaudata subsp. semicaudata Peale 1848

Subspecies Emballonura semicaudata subsp. palauensis Yamashima 1932

Subspecies Emballonura semicaudata subsp. rotensis Yamashima 1943

Subspecies Emballonura semicaudata subsp. sulcata Miller 1911

Distribution: Mariana Isls and Caroline Isls (including Palau Isls), Vanuatu, Fiji Isls, Samoa.

Conservation: U. S. ESA – Candidate taxon (in Aguijan, American Samoa); IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Endangered.

Discussion: semicaudata species group. Includes sulcata, see Griffiths et al. (1991). Subspecies reviewed by Koopman (1997).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Emballonuridae, pp. 381-391 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 388, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Peale
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Emballonuridae
Genus
Emballonura
Species
semicaudata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Emballonura semicaudata Peale, 1848 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Koopman, K. F. 1997. The subspecies of Emballonura semicaudata (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae). Journal of Mammalogy, 78: 358 - 360.