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Raffray's sheath-tailed bat
Emballonura raffrayana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassMammalia (Mammals)
- OrderChiroptera (Bats)
- FamilyEmballonuridae (Sheath-tailed Bats)
- GenusEmballonura
- SpeciesEmballonura raffrayana (Raffray's sheath-tailed bat)
About the Raffray's sheath-tailed bat
Raffray's sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura raffrayana) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in eastern Indonesia (including Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Raja Ampat
Dark Sheath-tailed Bat
Mosia nigrescens
Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia moluccensis
Spectacled Flying Fox
Pteropus conspicillatus
Beaufort's Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia beauforti
Diadem Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros diadema
Lesser Long-tongued Fruit Bat
Macroglossus minimus
Broad-striped Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Nyctimene aello
Big-eared Flying Fox
Pteropus macrotis
broad-eared horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus euryotis
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.