Arabian Sheath-tailed Bat

Arabian Sheath-tailed BatThis small bat is recorded from northeastern Africa and southern Arabia. A museum specimen list records seven females from Ain Hamran Cave in Oman.What does it look like?The 1915 original description gives a usual forearm length of 47–48 mm. The back is pale brown, a little darker than wood-brown; the hair bases are slightly lighter than the tips, without a sharp two-tone contrast. The underside is similar overall, but its hair bases are not lighter than the tips.How does it live?This small bat is recorded from northeastern Africa and southern Arabia. A museum specimen list records seven females from Ain Hamran Cave in Oman.A 2024 museum specimen list records seven female C. gallarum (NMP 94041–94047) from Ain Hamran Cave, Oman. They were collected on 28 March 2012.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.