Tadarida brasiliensis

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1824)

Brazilian 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, 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 ? 800 (= MNHN ? 230), MNHN ? 801 (= MNHN ? 230a), MNHN ? 802 (= MNHN ? 230b), MNHN ? 803 (= MNHN ? 230c)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

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

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

Mormopterus peruanus

(J. A. Allen, 1914)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

peruana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-16075

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-16075

Authority page

387

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Nyctinomus bahamensis

(Rehn, 1902)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bahamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

641

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24686579

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Dysopes multispinosus

(Burmeister, 1861)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

multispinosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IZH M001, IZH M125, ZMB 2614a, ZMB 2614b

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

391

Authority publication

Halle

Name usages

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

Tadarida texana

Stager, 1942

Family

Molossidae

Root name

texana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LACM:Mamm:6064

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=b7e0db50-f1f0-48a0-84d9-e7b85d442e50

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34209354

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

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 ? 800 (= MNHN ? 230), MNHN ? 801 (= MNHN ? 230a), MNHN ? 802 (= MNHN ? 230b), MNHN ? 803 (= MNHN ? 230c)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

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

Authority page

343

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. True (1885:603, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Lahille (1899:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

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

Nyctinomus antillularum

(G. S. Miller, 1902)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

antillularum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:113188

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36220d38b-e512-4202-82ad-37c210f69e60

Authority page

398

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309529

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Nyctinomus mohavensis

(C. H. Merriam, 1889)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mohavensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186446

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31b271c83-608d-4ead-9101-6d9cb09312bb

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799518

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Tadarida constanzae

Shamel, 1931

Family

Molossidae

Root name

constanzae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:217205

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33b4abf75-fa8b-4611-8366-cd9a4b4ca636

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7527252

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

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

Tadarida intermedia

Shamel, 1931

Family

Molossidae

Root name

intermedia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:78488

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3551289c0-1f77-4664-989f-29edf6ae6525

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7527249

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Nyctinomus musculus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1861)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

musculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2457[a], ZMB 2457[b], ZMB 2457[c], ZMB 2457[d], ZMB 2482

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36281616

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Dysopes Naso

(J. A. Wagner, 1840)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

naso

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2464, ZSM 130, ZSM 134

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

475

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31072114

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

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

Molossus mexicanus

(de Saussure, 1860)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mexicana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2589

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264575

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Nyctinomus nasutus

(J. E. Gray, 1839)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42895719

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

Gray (1839:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42895719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20193)

Dysopes Azara

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

azara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Dysopes rugosus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

rugosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Molossus naso

(von Tschudi, 1845)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

naso

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007864

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Name usages

Tschudi (1845:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)

Tadarida brasiliensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Molossidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

337

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Thomas (1972:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21314/22121621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tadarida brasiliensis antillularum

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

antillularum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tadarida brasiliensis bahamensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

bahamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tadarida brasiliensis brasiliensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tadarida brasiliensis constanzae

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

constanzae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tadarida brasiliensis cynocephala

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cynocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tadarida brasiliensis intermedia

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

intermedia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mexicana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tadarida brasiliensis murina

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

murina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tadarida brasiliensis muscula

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

muscula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

450

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005:450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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

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 fuliginosus

(W. Cooper, 1837)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

fuliginosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York

Name usages

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

Nyctinomus brasiliensis californicus

(H. Allen, 1894)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

californica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7362566

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

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