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Sheath-tailed bats

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Emballonuridae
Genus : Coleura

Facts about the genus Coleura, the sheath-tailed bats

5 grams References : M1, M2 Sheath-tailed Bats are

There is a polytomy at the base of Emballonura + Coleura, indicating Emballonura may be paraphyletic if Coleura is excluded.

Sheath-tailed bats are visually alert while roosting during the day. (Full text)

When logging produces gaps and modifies the primary condition of the forests, some insectivorous bats of the canopy (free-tailed or mastiff bats and sheath-tailed bats) are able to move down to feed in the understory where they catch a high number of insects displaced by forest disturbance. (Full text)

Sheath-tailed Bats are small insectivorous bats weighing only about five grams and with a wingspan of nine inches. (Full text)

Sheath-tailed bats are found worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions. (Full text)

Full-grown adult Sheath-tailed bats are smaller in size than baby Mariana fruit bats, the only other bat native to the CNMI. (Full text)