A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Emballonuridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuadorian Sac-winged BatBalantiopteryx infusca (Thomas, 1897) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's Shaggy BatCentronycteris centralis Thomas, 1912 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Shaggy BatCentronycteris maximiliani (J. Fischer, 1829) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Sheath-tailed BatColeura afra (Peters, 1852) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar Sheath-tailed BatColeura kibomalandy Goodman, Puechmaille, Friedli-Weyeneth, Gerlach, Ruedi, Schoeman, Stanley & Teeling, 2012 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut Sac-winged BatCormura brevirostris (Wagner, 1843) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-eared BatCyttarops alecto Thomas, 1913 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Ghost BatDiclidurus (Depanycteris) scutatus Peters, 1869 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Ghost BatDiclidurus (Diclidurus) albus Wied-Neuwied, 1820 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Ghost BatDiclidurus (Diclidurus) ingens Hernández-Camacho, 1955 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Sheath-tailed BatEmballonura alecto (Eydoux & Gervais, 1836) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large-eared Sheath-tailed BatEmballonura dianae Hill, 1956 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Sheath-tailed BatEmballonura furax Thomas, 1911 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Sheath-tailed BatEmballonura monticola Temminck, 1838 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raffray's Sheath-tailed BatEmballonura raffrayana Dobson, 1879 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caroline Sheath-tailed BatEmballonura semicaudata (Peale, 1848) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seri's Sheath-tailed BatEmballonura serii Flannery, 1994 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark Sheath-tailed BatMosia nigrescens Gray, 1843 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peters's Sheath-tailed BatParemballonura atrata (Peters, 1874) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock-dwelling Sheath-tailed BatParemballonura tiavato (Goodman, Cardiff, Ranivo, Russell & Yoder, 2006) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-winged Dog-like BatPeropteryx (Peronymus) leucoptera Peters, 1867 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Dog-like BatPeropteryx (Peropteryx) kappleri Peters, 1867 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Dog-like BatPeropteryx (Peropteryx) macrotis (Wagner, 1843) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Trinidad Dog-like BatPeropteryx (Peropteryx) trinitatis Miller, 1899 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brazilian Long-nosed BatRhynchonycteris naso (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Sheath-tailed BatSaccolaimus flaviventris (Peters, 1867) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape York Sheath-tailed BatSaccolaimus mixtus Troughton, 1925 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-hawk BatSaccolaimus peli (Temminck, 1853) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed BatSaccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck, 1838) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Antioquian Sac-winged BatSaccopteryx antioquensis Muñoz & Cuartas, 2001 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Sac-winged BatSaccopteryx bilineata (Temminck, 1838) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Frosted Sac-winged BatSaccopteryx canescens Thomas, 1901 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazonian Sac-winged BatSaccopteryx gymnura Thomas, 1901 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown White-lined BatSaccopteryx leptura (Schreber, 1774) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Naked-rumped Tomb BatTaphozous (Liponycteris) nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1826 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indonesian Tomb BatTaphozous (Taphozous) achates Thomas, 1915 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coastal Sheath-tailed BatTaphozous (Taphozous) australis Gould, 1854 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Sheath-tailed BatTaphozous (Taphozous) georgianus Thomas, 1915 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hamilton's Tomb BatTaphozous (Taphozous) hamiltoni Thomas, 1920 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hildegarde's Tomb BatTaphozous (Taphozous) hildegardeae Thomas, 1909 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hill's Sheath-tailed BatTaphozous (Taphozous) hilli Kitchener, 1980 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arnhem Sheath-tailed BatTaphozous (Taphozous) kapalgensis McKean & Friend, 1979 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-winged Sheath-tailed BatTaphozous (Taphozous) longimanus Hardwicke, 1825 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mauritian Tomb BatTaphozous (Taphozous) mauritianus E. Geoffroy, 1818 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bearded Tomb BatTaphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon Temminck, 1841 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African TaphozousTaphozous (Taphozous) perforatus E. Geoffroy, 1818 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Troughton's Sheath-tailed BatTaphozous (Taphozous) troughtoni Tate, 1952 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.