Order Chiroptera - Family Emballonuridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 381 391 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Emballonura furax Thomas 1911 Emballonura furax Thomas 1911 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 7: 384 . Type Locality: Indonesia , Prov. of Papua , S of Charles Louis Range, Kapare River, Whitewater Camp., 400 ft. ( 122 m ). Vernacular Names: New Guinean Sheath-tailed Bat . Distribution: Prov. of Papua ( Indonesia ); Papua New Guinea including Bismarck Arch. Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable. Discussion: raffrayana species group. Revised by Flannery (1994 b ) , who described serii based on specimens from New Ireland Isl originally referred to furax . Also see Flannery (1995 a ) and Bonaccorso (1998) .