Lesser sheath-tailed bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Emballonuridae |
Genus: | Emballonura |
Species: | E. monticola |
Binomial name | |
Emballonura monticola Temminck, 1838 | |
Lesser sheath-tailed bat range |
The lesser sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura monticola) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. [2] It is found in the Malay Peninsula (including Myanmar and Thailand), Borneo, and many other parts of the Indonesian Archipelago including Sulawesi, Java, and Sumatra. [1]
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