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--> FAMILY Emballonuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Emballonurinae
--> GENUS Emballonura
SPECIES Emballonura semicaudata
Author: | Peale, 1848. | Citation: | Mammalia in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8: 23. | Common Name: | Polynesian Sheath-tailed Bat | Type Locality: | Samoa. | Distribution: | Mariana Isls and Caroline Isls (including Palau Isls), Vanuatu, Fiji Isls, Samoa. | Status: | U. S. ESA – Candidate taxon (in Aguijan, American Samoa); IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Endangered. | Comments: | semicaudata species group. Includes sulcata, see Griffiths et al. (1991). Subspecies reviewed by Koopman (1997). |
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