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Emballonura
Pacific sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Emballonura Temminck, 1838
Type species
Emballonura monticola Temminck, 1838

Emballonura (meaning: Erect tail) is a genus of sac-winged bats in the family Emballonuridae. It contains these species:

• 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)

References

1. ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.
2. Goodman, S. M.; Cardiff, S. G.; Ranivo, J.; Russell, A. L.; Yoder, A. D. (2006). "A new species of Emballonura (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from the Dry Regions of Madagascar". American Museum Novitates (3538): 1–24. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3538[1:ANSOEC]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5816. S2CID 16502023.

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