Coleura Peters, 1867. Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1867: 479.
Emballonura afra Peters, 1852
Coleura afra (Peters, 1852).
Reise nach Mossambique, Säugethiere p. 51.
African Sheath-tailed Bat
Coleura gallarum Thomas, 1915.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 15: 577.
Somali Sheath-tailed Bat
Zeyla, Somalia [Somaliland]
Yemen, Oman, Djibouti, NW Somalia, and E Sudan
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Not Evaluated (raised from synonymy).
References:
Thomas, O. 1915. Notes on bats of the genus Coleura. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8, 15(): 576-579. Read article.
Uvizl, M., J. Šmíd, T. Aghová, Z.K. Varadínová, and P. Benda 2019. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the sheath-tailed bats from the Middle East (Emballonuridae: Taphozous and Coleura). Acta Chiropterologica 21(1): 23-34. Read abstract.
Vallo, P., P. Motsch, P. Benda, G.D. Maganga, and M. Bourgarel. 2018. Mitochondrial phylogeny and morphological variation of the African sheath-tailed bat (Coleura afra, Emballonuridae) . Acta Chiropterologica 20(1): 73-84. Read abstract.
Coleura kibomalandy Goodman, Puechmaille, Friedli-Weyeneth, Gerlach,
Ruedi, Schoeman, Stanley & Teeling, 2012.
J. Mamm. 93(6): 1446.
Madagascar Sheath-tailed bat
Coleura seychellensis Peters, 1868.
Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1868: 367.
Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat
Formerly included in afra, but apparently distinct; see Vallo et al. (2018) and Uvizl et al. (2019). We have retained nilosa, originally described as a subspecies of gallarum by Thomas, in afra, pending additional review.