Sac-winged bat

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iSac-winged bats
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Gervais in de Castelnau, 1855
Genera

Balantiopteryx
Centronycteris
Coleura
Cormura
Cyttarops
Diclidurus
Emballonura
Mosia
Peropteryx
Rhynchonycteris
Saccolaimus
Saccopteryx
Taphozous

The sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats constitute a family, Emballonuridae, of 47 species of bats. They can be found in tropical and sub-tropical regions all over the world.

Emballonurids are small, and generally brown or grey; however, the ghost bats (genus Diclidurus) are white.