Coleura

Genus of bats

Coleura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Coleura
Peters, 1867
Type species
Emballonura afra
Peters, 1852
Species

Coleura afra
Coleura seychellensis

Coleura is a genus of sac-winged bats in the family Emballonuridae.[1] It contains four species:

  • African sheath-tailed bat (C. afra)
  • Coleura gallarum[2]
  • Madagascar sheath-tailed bat (C. kibomalandy)[3]
  • Seychelles sheath-tailed bat (C. seychellensis)

References

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ "Coleura gallarum". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Coleura kibomalandy". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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Extant species of family Emballonuridae
Balantiopteryx
  • Ecuadorian sac-winged bat (B. infusca)
  • Thomas's sac-winged bat (B. io)
  • Gray sac-winged bat (B. plicata)
Centronycteris
  • Thomas's shaggy bat (C. centralis)
  • Shaggy bat (C. maximiliani)
Coleura
  • African sheath-tailed bat (C. afra)
  • Madagascar sheath-tailed bat (C. kibomalandy)
  • Seychelles sheath-tailed bat (C. seychellensis)
Cormura
  • Chestnut sac-winged bat (C. brevirostris)
Cyttarops
  • Short-eared bat (C. alecto)
Diclidurus
(Ghost bats)
  • Northern ghost bat (D. albus)
  • Greater ghost bat (D. ingens)
  • Isabelle's ghost bat (D. isabellus)
  • Lesser ghost bat (D. scutatus)
Emballonura
  • Small Asian sheath-tailed bat (E. alecto)
  • Beccari's sheath-tailed bat (E. beccarii)
  • Large-eared sheath-tailed bat (E. dianae)
  • Greater sheath-tailed bat (E. furax)
  • Lesser sheath-tailed bat (E. monticola)
  • Raffray's sheath-tailed bat (E. raffrayana)
  • Pacific sheath-tailed bat (E. semicaudata)
  • Seri's sheath-tailed bat (E. serii)
Mosia
  • Dark sheath-tailed bat (M. nigrescens)
Peropteryx
  • Greater dog-like bat (P. kappleri)
  • White-winged dog-like bat (P. leucoptera)
  • Lesser dog-like bat (P. macrotis)
  • Pale-winged dog-like bat (P. pallidoptera)
  • Trinidad dog-like bat (P. trinitatis)
Rhynchonycteris
  • Proboscis bat (R. naso)
Saccolaimus
  • Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat (S. flaviventris)
  • Papuan sheath-tailed bat (S. mixtus)
  • Pel's pouched bat (S. peli)
  • Naked-rumped pouched bat (S. saccolaimus)
Saccopteryx
  • Antioquian sac-winged bat (S. antioquensis)
  • Greater sac-winged bat (S. bilineata)
  • Frosted sac-winged bat (S. canescens)
  • Amazonian sac-winged bat (S. gymnura)
  • Lesser sac-winged bat (S. leptura)
Taphozous
  • Indonesian tomb bat (T. achates)
  • Coastal sheath-tailed bat (T. australis)
  • Common sheath-tailed bat (T. georgianus)
  • Hamilton's tomb bat (T. hamiltoni)
  • Hildegarde's tomb bat (T. hildegardeae)
  • Hill's sheath-tailed bat (T. hilli)
  • Arnhem sheath-tailed bat (T. kapalgensis)
  • Long-winged tomb bat (T. longimanus)
  • Mauritian tomb bat (T. mauritianus)
  • Black-bearded tomb bat (T. melanopogon)
  • Naked-rumped tomb bat (T. nudiventris)
  • Egyptian tomb bat (T. perforatus)
  • Theobald's tomb bat (T. theobaldi)
  • Troughton's sheath-tailed bat (T. troughtoni)
Taxon identifiers
Coleura


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