Nyctinomops aurispinosus

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Peale's Free-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peale, T.R. 1849-06-05. United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII. Mammalia and Ornithology. C. Sherman, Philadelphia, 338 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=VZSUUF_4nKIC

Original name as described

Dysopes aurispinosus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:3726

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3aac83aa8-f1c2-463e-b669-cebefa8e11b2

Type locality

"flew on board the U. S. Ship Peacock, off the coast of Brazil … about one hundred miles [= 161 km] from land, south of Cape St. Roque," state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · Colombia · Venezuela · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil · Ecuador?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005234

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dysopes aurispinosus

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aurispinosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:3726

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3aac83aa8-f1c2-463e-b669-cebefa8e11b2

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Nyctinomus aurispinosus

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aurispinosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704462

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)

Tadarida similis

(Sanborn, 1941)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

similis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:48560

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=ebd8031d-2351-4d85-b9b2-24f67501630d

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2772255

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

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

Tadarida aurispinosa

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aurispinosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Nyctinomops aurispinosa

Freeman, 1981

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aurispinosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

162

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787024

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Freeman (1981:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)

Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aurispinosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

213

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Koopman (1993:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  3. Koopman (1994:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  4. Anderson (1997:291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Godinez, González-Ruiz & Ramírez-Pulido (2011:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25947)
  7. Ruiz-Gutiérrez, López-Damián, Arroyo-Cabrales, Chávez Catalán & Flores Sánchez (2011:1024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25800)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Villalobos-Chaves, González-Quirós, Lara-Hernández & Rodríguez-Herrera (2018:806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38472)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  12. Turcios-Casco, LaVal, Wilson & Ávila-Palma (2021:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/55682)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14993/22010682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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