Family Emballonuridae Dobson 1875 (sac-winged bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae

Parent taxon: Emballonuroidea according to A. Ravel et al. 2016

See also Butler 1984, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Hooker 1996, Jaekel 1911 and Nowak 1991

Sister taxon: Nycteridae

Subtaxa: Balantiopteryx Dhofarella Diclidurus Eppsinycteris Pseudovespertiliavus Rhynchonycteris Saccolaimus Saccopteryx Tachypteron Taphozous Vespertiliavus

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Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ethiopia (1 collection), Mauritius (1), Mexico (1), South Africa (1), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (2)

• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), France (1), Peru (2), Thailand (1), Uganda (1)

• Arikareean of United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of Egypt (1), France (3), Oman (1), Peru (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Eocene to Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of Algeria (1), France (7), Germany (1), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 36 collections including 51 occurrences

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