Lesser sheath-tailed bat

Lesser sheath-tailed bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Emballonura
Species: E. monticola
Binomial name
Emballonura monticola
Temminck, 1838
Lesser sheath-tailed bat range

The lesser sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura monticola) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula (including Myanmar and Thailand), Borneo (both Indonesia and Malaysia), and many other parts of the Indonesian Archipelago (e.g., Sulawesi, Java, Sumatra).[1][2] It is locally threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bates, P., Francis, C. & Kingston, T. (2008). "Emballonura monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T7674A12842797. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  2. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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