Paremballonura atrata

(W. C. H. Peters, 1875)

Peters's Sheath-tailed Bat

Formerly Emballonura atrata.
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Location:Madagascar, Vatovavy region (formerly part of Fianarantsoa province), Mananjary district, Kianjavato Ahmanson Field StationDate taken:Nov 16, 2022

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6718

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1875. Über eine neue Gattung und zwei neue Arten von Säugethieren aus Madagascar. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874:690-694.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627059

Original name as described

Emballonura atrata

Type material

ZMB 4692

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

‘‘aus dem Innern von Madagascar [= interior of Madagascar]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

moved from Emballonura to Paremballonura

Taxonomy notes citation

Goodman, S.M., Puechmaille, S.J., Friedli-Weyeneth, N., Gerlach, J., Ruedi, M., Schoeman, M.C., Stanley, W.T. and Teeling, E.C. 2012. Phylogeny of the Emballonurini (Emballonuridae) with descriptions of a new genus and species from Madagascar. Journal of Mammalogy 93(6):1440-1455. doi:10.1644/11-MAMM-A-271.1

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004811

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Emballonura atrata

(W. C. H. Peters, 1875)

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

atrata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4692

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

693

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627059

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Allen (1939:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  7. Koopman (1994:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Paremballonura atrata

S. M. Goodman, Puechmaille, Friedli-Weyeneth, Gerlach, Ruedi, M. C. Schoeman, Stanley, & E. C. Teeling, 2012

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

atrata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1445

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Goodman, Puechmaille, Friedli-Weyeneth, Gerlach, Ruedi, Schoeman, Stanley & Teeling (2012:1445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11723)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7671/22135427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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