Family EMBALLONURIDAE (SHEATH-TAILED BATS) • Small- to medium-sized insectivorous bats with tail protruding above uropatagium radio-metacarpal sacs and gular sac often prominent in males. • 3-5-17 cm. • Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, Australasian, Neotropical, and Holarctic (marginally) Regions. • Closed and open forests to savannas and semi-deserts. • 14 genera, 54 species, 94 taxa. • 1 species Critically Endangered, 2 Endangered, 3 Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.

Published as part of Bonaccorso, Frank, 2019, Emballonuridae, pp. 350-373 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 349, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3740269