Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Emballonuridae Gervais, 1855 - sheath-tailed bats Genus Coleura Peters, 1867 - African and Arabian sheath-tailed bats Coleura seychellensis Peters, 1868 - Seychelles sheath-tailed bat