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Tomb and Pouched Bats
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Tomb and Pouched Bats

Taphozoinae

Emballonuridae is a family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The earliest fossil records are from the Eocene.

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2 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 18 known species

Tomb Bats

genusTaphozous

Pouched Bats

genusSaccolaimus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846285.