Tadarida ventralis

(von Heuglin, 1861)

African Giant Free-tailed Bat

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

Heuglin, T. von. 1861. Beiträge zur Fauna der Säugetheire N.O.-Afrikas. Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 29(8):1-24.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45613527

Original name as described

Nyctinomus (Dysopes) ventralis

Other common names

Giant Free-tailed Bat · Giant African Free-tailed Bat · Giant Guano Bat · Giant African Guano Bat · Transvaal Free-tailed Bat

Type material

SMNS 982

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Keren, Eritrea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · South Africa · South Sudan · Tanzania · Zimbabwe · Sudan? · Zambia?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005268

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Nyctinomus (Dysopes) ventralis

von Heuglin, 1861

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ventralis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 982

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Nur bei Kérén beobachtet.

Type locality

Eritrea: 15°47′N, 38°27′E.

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45613527

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)

Nyctinomus africanus

Dobson, 1876

Family

Molossidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1875.11.19.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

South Africa (Transvaal Republic)

Type locality

South Africa.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/128c830c-24b2-4ab9-ab62-36df4272ea16

Authority page

348

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267250

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dobson (1878:422, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34111)
Trouessart (1904:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas (1913:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16467)
Allen (1939:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Roberts (1946:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)

Dysopes ventralis:

von Heuglin, 1877

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ventralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876391

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Tadarida (Tadarida) ventralis:

Largen, Kock, & Yalden, 1974

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ventralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

253

Authority publication

Monitore Zoologico Italiano

Name usages

Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Corbet & Hill (1980:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
Legendre (1984:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41303865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11384)
Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
Corbet & Hill (1991:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Happold & Happold (2013:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21318/22121418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tadarida (Tadarida) africana:

Koopman, 1975

Family

Molossidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

422

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Koopman (1975:422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
Corbet & Hill (1980:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Freeman (1981:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

T. v. africana:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Molossidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

139

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

T. v. ventralis:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ventralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

139

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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