Emballonura furax Thomas 1911

Emballonura furax Thomas 1911, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 7: 384.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Prov. of Papua, S of Charles Louis Range, Kapare River, Whitewater Camp., 400 ft. (122 m).

Vernacular Names: New Guinean Sheath-tailed Bat.

Distribution: Prov. of Papua (Indonesia); Papua New Guinea including Bismarck Arch.

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

Discussion: raffrayana species group. Revised by Flannery (1994 b), who described serii based on specimens from New Ireland Isl originally referred to furax . Also see Flannery (1995 a) and Bonaccorso (1998).