African Sheath-Tailed Bat

African Sheath-tailed Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Coleura
Species:	C. afra
Binomial name
Coleura afra (Peters, 1852)
African Sheath-tailed Bat range

The African Sheath-Tailed Bat (Coleura afra) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Yemen.^[1] Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subarctic shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, caves, and hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss.

A young African Sheath-Tailed Bat is called a pup, and a group is called a colony or a cloud.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Coleura afra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2008. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/5113. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
2. ^ The Website of Everything