Pacific Sheath-Tailed Bat

Polynesian Sheath-tailed Bat
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Emballonura
Species:	E. semicaudata
Binomial name
Emballonura semicaudata (Peale, 1848)
Pacific Sheath-tailed Bat range (red — extant, black — extinct)

The Pacific Sheath-tailed Bat or Polynesian Sheath-tailed Bat (Emballonura semicaudata) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Micronesia, Palau, Samoa (where it is called pe'a vai, tagiti or pe'ape'a vai), Tonga, and Vanuatu. Its natural habitat is caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Chiroptera Specialist Group 2000. Emballonura semicaudata. 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=13801014.