Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat (Coleura seychellensis), recorded as Critically Endangered
Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat (Coleura seychellensis). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat

Coleura seychellensis

The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat is a sac-winged bat found in the central granitic islands of the Seychelles.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Coleura seychellensis
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Chiroptera · Emballonuridae · Coleura

The bat

Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat is a bat in the family Emballonuridae (order Chiroptera) — Coleura seychellensis.

Range and habitat

The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat is a sac-winged bat found in the central granitic islands of the Seychelles. The species was previously abundant across much of the archipelago, but has since seen a substantial loss of habitat.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed the species as being critically endangered, due to population decline.

Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat, Wikidata item Q1830874. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat?
The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat is a sac-winged bat found in the central granitic islands of the Seychelles.
What is the conservation status of Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Coleura seychellensis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat live?
The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat is a sac-winged bat found in the central granitic islands of the Seychelles.
Why is Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat in crisis?
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed the species as being critically endangered, due to population decline.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Coleura seychellensis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.