Emballonura semicaudata

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Pacific Sheath-tailed Bat

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

Peale, T.R. 1849-06-05. United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII. Mammalia and Ornithology. C. Sherman, Philadelphia, 338 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=VZSUUF_4nKIC

Original name as described

Vespertilio semicaudatus

Other common names

Caroline Sheath-tailed Bat · Mariana Sheath-tailed Bat · Polynesian Sheath-tailed Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:3727

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/374f40d27-c507-40e0-9294-429540f627c1

Type locality

Samoa.

Biogeographic realm

Oceania (Biorealm)

Country distribution

American Samoa · Fiji · Micronesia · Northern Marianas · Palau · Samoa · Tonga

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004808

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: 9 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio semicaudatus

T. R. Peale, 1849

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

semicaudata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:3727

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

This species was found at the Samoan Islands, and at Upolu was not uncommon.

Type locality

Samoa.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/374f40d27-c507-40e0-9294-429540f627c1

Authority page

23

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Emballonura fuliginosa

Tomes, 1859

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

fuliginosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.12.27.7

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Island of Ovalee (Figi Islands)

Type locality

Fiji: 17°41′2″S, 178°47′19″E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c04c9062-2bff-4b81-abdb-3ae87014751b

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274483

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Mosia semicaudata:

Fitzinger, 1870

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

semicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

528

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942327

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:528, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37089)

Emballonura semicaudata:

O. Thomas, 1880

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

semicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522103

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1880:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68531)
Elera (1895:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
Seabra (1900:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68462)
Trouessart (1904:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Kuroda (1939:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9223)
Corbet & Hill (1980:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7669/22135085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Emballonura sulcata

G. S. Miller, 1911

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

sulcata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:151568

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Uola Island, Truk group, Caroline Islands

Type locality

Micronesia.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35d8593ea-7350-48ed-abbd-61667341841c

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779494

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Emballonura semicaudata palauensis

Yamashina, 1932

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

palauensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

YIO 397

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Palau.

Authority page

240

Authority publication

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa

Name usages

Kuroda (1939:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9223)
Koopman (1994:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Emballonura semicaudata sulcata:

Kuroda, 1939

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

sulcata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Kuroda (1939:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9223)
Koopman (1994:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Emballonura semicaudata rotensis

Yamashina, 1943

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

rotensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

YIO 378

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Northern Marianas.

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan

Name usages

Koopman (1994:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

E. s. semicaudata:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

semicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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