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

Where the yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Saccolaimus flaviventris
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Emballonuridae

Where does the yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat?

The yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat (Saccolaimus flaviventris) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Emballonuridae, genus Saccolaimus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat

The yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat (Saccolaimus flaviventris), also known as the yellow-bellied sheathtail or yellow-bellied pouched bat, is a microbat species of the family Emballonuridae found extensively in Australia and less commonly in parts of Papua New Guinea.

Although found throughout most parts of Australia, very little is known about its ecology due to the small size, nocturnal activity, and general elusiveness of most microbat species, making them difficult to study. They are sometimes mistaken for the endangered and less widely distributed bare-rumped sheathtail bat where the two species occur sympatrically, as well as other similar Emballonuridae species, but upon inspection are quite distinct and easily identified.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat (revision 1348779429), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1824549 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).