Emballonuridae is a family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The earliest fossil records are from the Eocene.
The lesser ghost bat is a bat species found in South America. It is one of six bat species worldwide to have white fur.
The small Asian sheath-tailed bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines.
Peters's sheath-tailed bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found only in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Beccari's sheath-tailed bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in New Guinea and in some nearby islands in both Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
The large-eared sheath-tailed bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The greater sheath-tailed bat or New Guinea sheath-tailed bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is endemic to New Guinea and some nearby islands. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The lesser sheath-tailed bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and many other parts of the Indonesian Archipelago. It is locally threatened by habitat loss.
Raffray's sheath-tailed bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.
The Pacific sheath-tailed bat or Polynesian sheath-tailed bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae found in American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Its natural habitat is caves. In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation. It is threatened by habitat loss. There are estimated to be approximately 500 individuals of E. s. rotensis, a subspecies of the highly fragmented Emballonura semicaudata. Due to its dependence on forests and caves for roosting, it is known to roost in only three caves currently, E. s. rotensis is vulnerable to changes in the surrounding demographic and environmental changes reflective of indirect impacts caused by invasive species, in this case goats. Goats limit the carrying capacity of E.s. rotensis.
Seri's sheath-tailed bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in the Bismarck Archipelago and Yapen Island (Indonesia). Its natural habitat is caves.
The yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat, also known as the yellow-bellied sheathtail or yellow-bellied pouched bat, is a microbat species of the family Emballonuridae found extensively in Australia and less commonly in parts of Papua New Guinea.
Saccolaimus is a genus of the family Emballonuridae, small insectivorous bats with distinctive sheathtails and pouches at the wrist.
The Papuan sheath-tailed bat is a species of bat in the family Emballonuridae which occurs at the Cape York Peninsula and New Guinea. The poorly known species hunts in open forests for night flying insects.
Taphozous is a genus of the family Emballonuridae. The wide distribution of the genus includes several regions of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Africa. Taphozous comes from the Greek τάφος, meaning "a tomb". The common names for species include variants on sac-winged, sheathtail, or tomb bats.
Hill's sheath-tailed bat is a bat of the family Emballonuridae. They are found in the deserts of central Australia.
Troughton's sheath-tailed bat is a species of sheathtail bat in the family Emballonuridae, found only in Australia.
The western sheath-tailed bat is a species of sac-winged bat found in Madagascar.
