Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Emballonuridae Gervais, 1855 - sheath-tailed bats Subfamily Emballonurinae Gervais, 1855 Genus Emballonura Temminck, 1838 - Old World sheath-tailed bats Emballonura semicaudata species group Emballonura semicaudata (Peale, 1848) - Mariana sheath-tailed bat Emballonura semicaudata palauensis Yamashima, 1932