Emballonura alecto

(Eydoux & P. Gervais, 1836)

Small Asian Sheath-tailed Bat

Emballonura alecto rivalis. Front view with wings open
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Location:Malaysia, Sabah, SepilokDate taken:1 January 1984Description:Emballonura alecto rivalis. Front view with wings open

Distribution :

Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi, and Tanimbar (Indonesia), Moluccas, and adjacent small islands including Anambas Isl

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1434

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Emballonuroidea
Family: Emballonuridae
Subfamily: Emballonurinae
Tribe: Emballonurini
Genus: Emballonura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Eydoux, J.F.T. and Gervais, P. 1836. Classe I. Magasin de zoologie 6(1):1-26.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37086081

Original name as described

Vespertilio (Nycticeus) alecto

Other common names

Philippine Sheath-tailed Bat

Type locality

Manila, Luzon, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Brunei · Indonesia · Malaysia · Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004802

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 12 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio (Nycticeus) alecto

Eydoux & P. Gervais, 1836

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Manille, in insulâ Luçon

Type locality

Philippines: Luzon.

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37086081

Authority publication

Magasin de zoologie

Name usages

Eydoux & Gervais (1836:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37086081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68438)
Blainville (1840:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37123)
Gervais (1849:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57438732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60636)

Nyctalus alecto:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Emballonura discolor

W. C. H. Peters, 1861

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

discolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.568, BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.569, ZMB 2538

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Paracali, Luzon

Type locality

Philippines: Luzon.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ccc0dda3-3b3e-4a72-a51e-8fd757533082 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e54c27c7-22e4-403d-b75d-c988a2ec1f39

Authority page

711

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38646578

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Mosia Alecto:

Fitzinger, 1870

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

527

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942326

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:527, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37089)

Emballonura anambensis

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

anambensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:101716

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra: Riau Islands.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38b779e25-4da3-498e-9f66-e6573f67f8b5

Authority page

236

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872266

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Lyon (1911:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)

Emballonura monticola rivalis

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

rivalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.11.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Borneo. Type from Bida, Sarawak.

Type locality

Malaysia: Sarawak.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ddb71bf6-bc71-4176-82af-6a102924a30b

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612854

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Shamel (1940:354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11512)
Laurie & Hill (1954:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

Emballonura rivalis:

Chasen, 1931

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

rivalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1931:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16665)
Chasen (1940:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Davis (1962:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)

Emballonura alecto palawanensis

E. H. Taylor, 1934

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

palawanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-241780

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

along Iwahig River at base of Thumb Peak, Palawan

Type locality

Philippines: Palawan.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-241780

Authority page

197

Authority publication

Monographs of the Bureau of Science

Name usages

Koopman (1994:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Emballonura alecto:

Sanborn, 1952

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785495

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Sanborn (1952:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
Laurie & Hill (1954:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Medway (1965:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
Corbet & Hill (1980:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hill (1991:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1730)
Koopman (1993:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Rickart, Heaney, Heideman & Utzurrum (1993:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2821692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50441)
Koopman (1994:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Riley (2002:291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5877)
Helgen (2002:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5888)
Kofron (2002:262-263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2188)
Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:281, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7670/209548087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Emballonura alecto alecto:

Sanborn, 1952

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785495

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Sanborn (1952:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
Hill (1991:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1730)
Rickart, Heaney, Heideman & Utzurrum (1993:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2821692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50441)
Koopman (1994:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Helgen (2002:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5888)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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