The greater sheath-tailed bat or New Guinea sheath-tailed bat (''Emballonura furax'') is a species of

sac-winged bat Emballonuridae is a family (biology), family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The earliest fossil records are from ...

in the family

Emballonuridae Emballonuridae is a family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The earliest fossil records are from the Eocene. Desc ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

and some nearby islands.

Description

The New Guinea sheath-tailed bat weighs . The head and body lengths of various specimens have been measured at

References

Emballonura Bats of Oceania Mammals of Papua New Guinea Mammals of Western New Guinea Mammals described in 1911 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Bats of New Guinea {{Emballonuridae-stub