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Dark sheath-tailed bat

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The dark sheath-tailed bat (Mosia nigrescens) is the only species in the genus Mosia, within the family Emballonuridae, the sac-winged and sheath-tailed bats. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. John Edward Gray described it in 1843; the original locality was given as South America, queried, and George Edward Dobson corrected it in 1878 to Ambon Island in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The Mammal Diversity Database places the species in the Australasian realm and records its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern. The English Wikipedia article is a short stub, so the diet, roosts, habits and population trend of the species are not yet written up in the sources read and remain to be documented.

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Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
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Child Taxon Of

Emballonuridae, Taxa
Source Mammal Diversity Database: Mosia nigrescens - Mammal Diversity Database
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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Mosia nigrescens - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Indonesia
Quote, Country distribution, Indonesia
Country distribution Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Mosia nigrescens - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Country distribution, Papua New Guinea
Country distribution Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Mosia nigrescens - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Solomon Islands
Quote, Country distribution, Solomon Islands
Country distribution Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands
Sources
1. Mammal Diversity Database: Mosia nigrescens - Mammal Diversity Database
Mammal Diversity Database
  • IUCN Red List status
    IUCN Red List status Least Concern
  • Species status
    Species status Living
  • Child Taxon Of: Emballonuridae, Taxonomy
    Family: Emballonuridae
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Dark sheath-tailed bat (Wikipedia)
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
Quote, In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.
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