Emballonurinae

• Diclidurini
• Emballonurini
• Brazilian Long-nosed Bat Rhynchonycteris naso

  

  This small bat has an elongated muzzle and pale stripes on its back. It roosts in lines on tree trunks and roots near water, then flies out at night to eat insects.

• Brown White-lined Bat Saccopteryx leptura

  

  This small bat has two pale stripes along its back. It catches small flying insects, and small groups have been recorded roosting on tree trunks and similar places in lowland forests.

• Common Shaggy Bat Centronycteris maximiliani

  

  This bat is recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, and the Guianas. In Pará, Brazil, a female was captured at a tree cavity used as a day roost.

• Northern Ghost Bat Diclidurus (Diclidurus) albus

  

  The northern ghost bat has white fur and pale pink wing membranes. It feeds on flying insects at night and ranges from Mexico into northeastern South America.

• Greater Sac-winged Bat Saccopteryx bilineata

  This bat is marked by two white lines on its back. It roosts by day under bridges, in caves, or in hollow trees, then hunts insects at night.

• Lesser Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) macrotis

  The lesser dog-like bat is a small bat with long ears and a pouch-like structure on the wing. It flies at night and eats small beetles, flies, and other insects.

• Rock-dwelling Sheath-tailed Bat Paremballonura tiavato

  This small bat lives on Madagascar. Its dorsal fur is long and slightly shaggy, pale to medium grey-brown, and its ears are long with rounded tips.

• Caroline Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura semicaudata

  This small brown bat has a tail that passes through the tail membrane. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service profile for the nominate subspecies describes daytime cave roosting and large roost aggregations reported in Fiji and American Samoa.

• Peters's Sheath-tailed Bat Paremballonura atrata

  This sheath-tailed bat occurs in Madagascar. It has long, shaggy, brownish-black fur and rounded ears, and a Marojejy survey also recorded it in open habitats.

• Frosted Sac-winged Bat Saccopteryx canescens

  Saccopteryx canescens has pale-brown to grayish fur and faint lines on its back. In Bolivia, records are limited to Santa Cruz, and the bat feeds on insects.

• Philippine Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura alecto

  This insect-eating bat was recorded in a cave survey in the southern Philippines. Surveyed individuals averaged 76 mm in total length, with tails 31.5 mm long. They roosted in small hollows in partly lit caves.

• Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura monticola

  This bat has glossy brown fur and triangular ears. It hunts insects in tropical forests and roosts in caves or tree hollows.