Tadarida aegyptiaca

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)

Egyptian Free-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1818. Description des mammifères qui se trouvent en Égypte. Pp. 99–144 in Anonymous. (eds.). Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empéreur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire naturelle. Tome second. Imprimerie Impériale, 752 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953717

Original name as described

Nyctinomus Ægyptiacus

Other common names

Egyptian Guano Bat · Egyptian Nyctinome

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1084 (= MNHN A.467)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1084

Type locality

"Egypt." Restricted by K. F. Koopman in 1975 to "Giza."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Oman · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Sri Lanka · Morocco · Algeria · Egypt · Mauritania? · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · Botswana · Namibia · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho

Taxonomy notes

may be included under a separate genus, Nyctinomus, but is tentatively retained under Tadarida here pending a revision of the genus as a whole; similarly, the name thomasi may represent a distinct species, but is retained under T. aegyptiaca here

Taxonomy notes citation

Benda, P., Faizolâhi, K., Andreas, M., Obuch, J., Reiter, A., Ševčík, M., ... & Ashrafi, S. (2012). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 10. Bat fauna of Iran. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 76(1-4), 163-582.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005261

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. 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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Tadarida thomasi

Wroughton, 1919

Family

Molossidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.10.4.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2b5ce5af-7051-4c4a-89d6-d807d37f4f40

Authority page

732

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050367

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Tadarida sindica

Wroughton, 1919

Family

Molossidae

Root name

sindica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.11.1.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/053fab85-04cc-4183-8f5c-ca44c1ec2c01

Authority page

732

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050367

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Tadarida gossei

Wroughton, 1919

Family

Molossidae

Root name

gossei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.6.3.21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/51e91b1a-8fb4-4716-8c84-647936c8e943

Authority page

733

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050368

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Nyctinomus Ægyptiacus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aegyptiaca

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1084 (= MNHN A.467)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1084

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953717

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Roberts (1913:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Dysopes Geoffroyi

(Temminck, 1826)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1084 (= MNHN A.467)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1084

Authority page

226

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Nyctinomus (Nyctinomus) tongaënsis

(von Wettstein, 1916)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

tongaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 8406, NMW 8407

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61889229

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Nyctinomus tragatus

(Dobson, 1874)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

tragata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15461

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35549498

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Tadarida aegyptiaca

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aegyptiaca

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. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21312/22115459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tadarida aegyptiaca aegyptiaca

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

aegyptiaca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tadarida aegyptiaca bocagei

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bocagei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tadarida aegyptiaca sindica

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

sindica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tadarida aegyptiaca thomasi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tadarida aegyptiaca tragatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

tragatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Dysopes talpinus

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

talpina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876359

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

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

Nyctinomus Anchietæ

(de Seabra, 1900)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

anchietae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

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

Nyctinomus Bocagei

(de Seabra, 1900)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bocagei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

84

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

Roberts (1913:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Nyctinomus brunneus

(de Seabra, 1900)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

brunnea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

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

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