Pacific sheath-tailed bat

The Pacific sheath-tailed bat or Polynesian sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae found in American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Micronesia, Palau, Samoa (where it is called pe'a vai, tagiti or pe'ape'a vai), Tonga, and Vanuatu. Its natural habitat is caves.[2] In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.[3] It is threatened by habitat loss. There are estimated to be approximately 500 individuals of E. s. rotensis, a subspecies of the highly fragmented Emballonura semicaudata.[4] Due to its dependence on forests and caves for roosting, it is known to roost in only three caves currently, E. s. rotensis is vulnerable to changes in the surrounding demographic and environmental changes reflective of indirect impacts caused by invasive species, in this case goats.[4] Goats limit the carrying capacity of E.s. rotensis.

Pacific sheath-tailed bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Emballonura
Species:
E. semicaudata
Binomial name
Emballonura semicaudata
Peale, 1848
Pacific sheath-tailed bat range
(red — extant, black — extinct)

References
  1. Bonaccorso, F. & Allison, A. (2008). "Emballonura semicaudata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T7669A12841889. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T7669A12841889.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. "Annual Report 2013-2014" (PDF). batcon.org. Bat Conservation International. August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  4. Welch, Jessica Nicole; Fordyce, James A.; Simberloff, Daniel S. (2016-09-01). "Indirect impacts of invaders: A case study of the Pacific sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata rotensis)". Biological Conservation. 201: 146–151. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.07.004. ISSN 0006-3207.
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