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