Animalz

Coleura

  • African Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura afra
    African Sheath-tailed Bat
    Photo: Ewout Knoester · (c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA 4.0

    A 2014 first-country record found about 5,000 bats in a cave in lowland rainforest southeast of Edea, Cameroon. Two captured females had deep sepia-brown backs and paler undersides.

  • Arabian Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura gallarum
    Arabian Sheath-tailed Bat
    Photo: Julien Renoult · (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

    This small bat is recorded from northeastern Africa and southern Arabia. A museum specimen list records seven females from Ain Hamran Cave in Oman.

  • Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura seychellensis
    Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat
    Photo: Island Conservation Society · CC BY 4.0

    The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat is a rare bat endemic to the Seychelles. A study on Silhouette Island found it roosting in small caves among boulders in lowland woodland.

  • Madagascar Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura kibomalandy

    This cave-roosting bat is known from Madagascar. It has a dark-brown back and throat, a mostly white underside, and records from only two caves in the species description.

  • Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura seychellensis
    Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat
    Photo: Island Conservation Society · CC BY 4.0

    The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat is a rare bat endemic to the Seychelles. A study on Silhouette Island found it roosting in small caves among boulders in lowland woodland.

  • African Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura afra
    African Sheath-tailed Bat
    Photo: Ewout Knoester · (c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA 4.0

    A 2014 first-country record found about 5,000 bats in a cave in lowland rainforest southeast of Edea, Cameroon. Two captured females had deep sepia-brown backs and paler undersides.

  • Arabian Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura gallarum

    This small bat is recorded from northeastern Africa and southern Arabia. A museum specimen list records seven females from Ain Hamran Cave in Oman.