NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Caroline Sheath-tailed Bat
Emballonura semicaudata (Peale, 1848)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Pacific sheath-tailed bat or Polynesian sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae found in American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Micronesia, Palau, Samoa (where it is called pe'a vai, tagiti or pe'ape'a vai), Tonga, and Vanuatu. Its natural habitat is caves.
Wikipedia contributors, Pacific sheath-tailed bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:27:06.720926+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Emballonura semicaudata (Peale, 1848)
- Name authority
- (Peale, 1848)
- Common name
- Caroline Sheath-tailed Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Emballonuridae
- Genus
- Emballonura
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyEmballonuroidea Gervais, 1855
- familyEmballonuridae Gervais, 1855
- subfamilyEmballonurinae Gervais, 1855
- tribeEmballonurini Gervais, 1855
- genusEmballonura Temminck, 1838
- speciesEmballonura semicaudata (Peale, 1848)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Emballonura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lesser Sheath-tailed BatEmballonura monticola Temminck, 1838 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raffray's Sheath-tailed BatEmballonura raffrayana Dobson, 1879 | 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 |
| Seri's Sheath-tailed BatEmballonura serii Flannery, 1994 | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180043 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39FGQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.