Nyctinomops femorosaccus

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Pocketed 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

Merriam, C.H. 1889-10-30. Description of a new species of free-tailed bat from the desert region of southern California. North American Fauna 2:23-24.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799516

Original name as described

Nyctinomus femorosaccus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186447

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e3dad12d-2ab4-4b4e-ae40-0d01e0b7d0ce

Type locality

"Agua Caliente [= Palm Springs], Colorado Desert [Riverside County], California," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Guatemala

Subregion distribution

USA(CA,AZ,NM,TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005235

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.

Nyctinomus femorosaccus

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

femorosaccus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186447

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e3dad12d-2ab4-4b4e-ae40-0d01e0b7d0ce

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799516

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Tadarida femorosacca

(S. Anderson, 1972)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

femorosaccus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

397

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Anderson (1972:397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Nyctinomops femorosacca

Freeman, 1981

Family

Molossidae

Root name

femorosaccus

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 femorosaccus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Molossidae

Root name

femorosaccus

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 (1993:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  3. Koopman (1994:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Godinez, González-Ruiz & Ramírez-Pulido (2011:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25947)
  6. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Villalobos-Chaves, González-Quirós, Lara-Hernández & Rodríguez-Herrera (2018:806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38472)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14994/22010542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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