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title: "Lesser sheath-tailed bat"
description: "Emballonura monticola — Mammifères. The lesser sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura monticola) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/lesser-sheath-tailed-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser sheath-tailed bat

> Emballonura monticola — Mammifères. The lesser sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura monticola) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.

- Scientific name: *Emballonura monticola*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammifères)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 156
- Wikidata: [Q303010](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q303010)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41353](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41353)

## Names

- en: Lesser sheath-tailed bat
- de: Malaiische Freischwanzfledermaus
- pl: Upiór górski

## Countries with the most observations

TH (53), MY (46), ID (11)

## Summary

The lesser sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura monticola) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula (including Myanmar and Thailand), Borneo, and many other parts of the Indonesian Archipelago including Sulawesi, Java, and Sumatra.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_sheath-tailed_bat

## Photo

![Lesser sheath-tailed bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-sheath-tailed-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philip Precey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251206034

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-sheath-tailed-bat?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).