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Emballonura semicaudata (Pacific Sheath-tailed Bat)

Wikipedia Abstract

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. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Emballonura semicaudata

Infraspecies

Emballonura semicaudata palauensis
Emballonura semicaudata rotensis
Emballonura semicaudata semicaudata (sheath-tailed bat)
Emballonura semicaudata sulcata (sheath-tailed bat) (Attributes)

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Emballonura semicaudata

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  90 %
Forages - Aerial [2]  100 %
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.968 inches (5 cm)

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0