Coleura

Coleura
Scientific 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.