Coleura afra (Peters 1852)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Emballonuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 381-391 : 386

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scientific name	Coleura afra (Peters 1852)
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Coleura afra (Peters 1852) View in CoL

[Emballonura] afra Peters 1852 View in CoL , Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere: 51.

Type Locality: Mozambique, Tete.

Vernacular Names: African Sheath-tailed Bat.

Synonyms: Coleura gallarum Thomas 1915 ; Coleura kummeri Monard 1939 ; Coleura nilosa Thomas 1915 .

Distribution: Guinea-Bissau to Somalia and Djibouti, south to Angola, Dem. Rep. Congo, and Mozambique; Yemen.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes kummeri , see Rosevear (1965). Also see Harrison and Bates (1991) and Dunlop (1997).

References

Dunlop, J. 1997. Coleura afra. Mammalian Species, 566: 1 - 4.

Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp.

Peters, W. C. H. 1852. Reise nach Mossambique. I. Saugethiere. Druck & Verlag, Berlin, 202 pp.

Rosevear, D. R. 1965. The bats of West Africa. British Museum (Natural History), London, 418 pp.

Thomas, O. 1915. List of mammals (exclusive of Ungulata) collected on the Upper Congo by Dr. Christy for the Congo Museum, Tervueren. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 16: 465 - 481.