| Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Emballonuridae |
| Genus: | Saccolaimus |
| Species: | S. flaviventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Saccolaimus flaviventris Peters, 1867 |
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| Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat range | |
The Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat[1] or Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat, Saccolaimus flaviventris, is a species of sheath-tailed bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
The rare, but fatal to humans, Australian bat lyssavirus has been discovered in the Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat.[2]