Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 Family Emballonuridae Gervais, 1855 - sheath-tailed bats Subfamily Emballonurinae Gervais, 1855 Genus Coleura Peters, 1867 - African and Arabian sheath-tailed bats Coleura afra (Peters, 1852) - African sheath-tailed bat