Peters's sheath-tailed bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Emballonuridae |
Genus: | Paremballonura |
Species: | P. atrata |
Binomial name | |
Paremballonura atrata (Peters, 1874) | |
Peters's sheath-tailed bat range |
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