Coleura seychellensis Peters 1868

Coleura seychellensis Peters 1868, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868: 367.

Type Locality: Seychelle Isls, Mahe Isl.

Vernacular Names: Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Coleura seychellensis subsp. seychellensis Peters 1868

Subspecies Coleura seychellensis subsp. silhouettae Thomas 1915

Distribution: Seychelle Isls; possibly Zanzibar. The Zanzibar record is extremely dubious (Koopman, 1993).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Critically Endangered.