sac-winged bats
emballonuridae latin

Sac-winged bats display acoustic signaling, which is often interpreted as songs.

Sac-winged bats feed mainly on insects, and occasionally on fruit.

Saccopteryx is a genus of sac-winged bats from Central and South America.

Balantiopteryx is a genus of sac-winged bats.

Family Emballonuridae: sac-winged bats (southern continents)

Family Emballonuridae (Sac-winged bats)

This verdant, muddy-smelling world, where orchids and bromeliads spilled from the trees, and sac-winged bats slept on the undersides of overhanging branches, was a sharp contrast to the wind-tossed coastline.

This species is in the family Emballonuridae, the sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats.

Taphozous is a genus of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.

Family Emballonuridae: sac-winged bats (southern continents)

The 51 species of sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats constitute the family Emballonuridae, and can be found in tropical and subtropical regions all over the world.

Family Emballonuridae (Sac-winged bats)

The Trinidad dog-like bat (Peropteryx trinitatis) is a species of bat from the family Emballonuridae.

The six families are: Pteropodidae, Emballonuridae, Hipposideridae, Rhinolophidae, Vespertilionidae and Molossidae.

The greater sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata, is a bat of the family Emballonuridae native to Central and South America.

The Small Asian Sheath-tailed Bat (Emballonura alecto) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.

Troughton's Sheath-tailed Bat, Taphozous troughtoni is a species of sheathtail bat in the family Emballonuridae, found only in Australia.

The yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat or yellow-bellied pouched bat, Saccolaimus flaviventris, is a species of sheath-tailed bat in the family Emballonuridae.

The Mauritian tomb bat (Taphozous mauritianus) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae that is found in central and southern Africa and Madagascar.

Murphy S. (2002) Observations of the 'Critically Endangered' bare-rumped sheathtail bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.