- Greater Sheath-Tailed Bat
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Greater Sheath-tailed Bat Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Emballonuridae Genus: Emballonura Species: E. furax Binomial name Emballonura furax
Thomas, 1911
Greater Sheath-tailed Bat range The Greater Sheath-tailed Bat or New Guinea Sheath-tailed Bat (Emballonura furax) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Emballonura furax. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Simmons, Nancy B. (16 November 2005). "Order Chiroptera (pp. 312-529)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13801008.
Categories:- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Emballonuridae
- Mammals of Western New Guinea
- Mammals of Papua New Guinea
- Bat stubs
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