Pacific sheath-tailed bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Pacific sheath-tailed bat Emballonura semicaudata Endangered

Where the Pacific sheath-tailed bat lives, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 6 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Pacific sheath-tailed bat: Emballonura semicaudata — Photo: Jorge Palmeirim, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name	Emballonura semicaudata
Group	Bats
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Emballonuridae

Is the Pacific sheath-tailed bat endangered?

The Pacific sheath-tailed bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Pacific sheath-tailed bat?

The Pacific sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Emballonuridae, genus Emballonura. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Pacific sheath-tailed bat

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pacific sheath-tailed bat (revision 1342823256), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q305649 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).