Sac-winged bats, sheath-tailed bats, and relatives

Sac-winged bats, sheath-tailed bats, and relatives

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Emballonuridae

Facts about the family Emballonuridae, the sac-winged bats, sheath-tailed bats, and relatives

Emballonuridae is an old lineage, stretching back at least to the mid Eocene, and probably further. (Full text)

Like many families of Chiroptera, Emballonuridae is monophyletic (Simmons, 1998; Table 1), but relationships within the family are unclear. (Full text)