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Emballonuridae Dobson 1875
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Family EMBALLONURIDAE
(SHEATH-TAILED BATS)
• Small- to medium-sized insectivorous bats with tail protruding above uropatagium radio-metacarpal sacs and gular sac often prominent in males.
• 3-5-17 cm.
• Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, Australasian, Neotropical, and Holarctic (marginally) Regions.
• Closed and open forests to savannas and semi-deserts.
• 14 genera, 54 species, 94 taxa.
• 1 species Critically Endangered, 2 Endangered, 3 Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
Notes
Published as part of Bonaccorso, Frank, 2019, Emballonuridae, pp. 350-373 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 349, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3740269
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Dobson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Emballonuridae
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Emballonuridae Dobson, 1875 sec. Bonaccorso, 2019