Tadarida brasiliensis

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824)

Brazilian Free-tailed Bat

Male, close-up side view of head. Also as Mexican Free-tailed Bat.
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Location:Mexico, CMX, 40 km W of Toluca, La GuiaDate taken:Jan 1, 1981

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1549

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Tadarida

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1824. Mémoire sur une chauve-souris américaine, formant une nouvelle espèce dans le genre Nyctinome. Annales des sciences naturelles 1:337-347.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5752603

Original name as described

Nyctinomus Brasiliensis

Other common names

Mexican Free-tailed Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1813 (= MNHN:type:230) (= MNHN-ZM-AC-A6826) (= MNHN "800"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1814 (= MNHN:type:230a) (= MNHN-ZM-AC-A6944) (= MNHN "801"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1815 (= MNHN:type:230b) (= MNHN "802"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1816 (= MNHN:type:230c) (= MNHN "803")

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1813 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1814 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1815 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1816

Type locality

"le district de Curityba [= Curitiba], " Paraná, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Bahamas · Cuba · Cayman Islands · Jamaica · Haiti · Dominican Republic · Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Aruba · Barbados · Bonaire · Sint Eustatius · Saba · Dominica · Grenada · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Sint Maarten · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · British Virgin Islands · United States Virgin Islands · Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina · Chile · Falkland Islands

Subregion distribution

USA(OR, CA, NV, UT, AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX, NE, KS, IA, IL, IN, OH, AR, LA, TN, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005262

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 48 names and synonyms.

Nyctinomus Brasiliensis

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1813 (= MNHN:type:230) (= MNHN-ZM-AC-A6826) (= MNHN "800"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1814 (= MNHN:type:230a) (= MNHN-ZM-AC-A6944) (= MNHN "801"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1815 (= MNHN:type:230b) (= MNHN "802"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1816 (= MNHN:type:230c) (= MNHN "803")

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1813 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1814 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1815 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1816

Authority page

343

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5752603

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1825:504, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  2. Lesson (1827:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Peters (1866:573 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35169034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66062)
  4. Frantzius (1869:263, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72294)
  5. Dobson (1878:437, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34111)
  6. True (1885:603, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  7. Allen (1890:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10046)
  8. Flower & Lydekker (1891:670, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  9. Lataste (1892:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68451)
  10. Allen (1896:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15951)
  11. Alfaro (1897:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  12. Allen (1897:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10040)
  13. Allen (1897:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10354)
  14. Matschie (1898:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
  15. Lahille (1899:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  16. Trouessart (1904:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  17. Allen (1911:244, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)

Dysopes nasutus

(Temminck, 1826)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Type

RMNH.MAM.17575, RMNH.MAM.17576

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17575 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17576

Authority page

233

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Nyctinomus? Murinus

(J. E. Gray, 1827)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

murina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34790260

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1838:501, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  2. Fitzinger (1870:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)

Nycticea cynocephala

(Le Conte in McMurtrie, 1831)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cynocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:4742

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cf48c4a8-7a4a-42c9-97a1-338e9cd82709

Authority page

432

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28834563

Authority publication

New York

Molossus Azara

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

azara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814712

Authority publication

Paris

Molossus rugosus

(d'Orbigny, 1837)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

rugosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1937 (= MNHN "795j")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1937

Authority page

pl. 10 (figs. 3–5)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14544153

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Dysopes cynocephalus

(W. Cooper, 1837)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cynocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370141

Authority publication

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York

Name usages

Cooper (1837:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68442)

Molossus cynocephalus

(W. Cooper, 1837)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cynocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370142

Authority publication

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York

Name usages

  1. Cooper (1837:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68442)
  2. De Kay (1842:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  3. Fitzinger (1870:826, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61942435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37090)

Dysopes fuliginosus

(W. Cooper, 1837)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

fuliginosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370141

Authority publication

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York

Name usages

Cooper (1837:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68442)

Molossus fuliginosus

(W. Cooper, 1837)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

fuliginosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370144

Authority publication

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York

Name usages

  1. Cooper (1837:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68442)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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