Tadarida fulminans

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Malagasy 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

Thomas, O. 1903-11-01. Three new species of Nyctinomus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)12(71):501-505.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993267

Original name as described

Nyctinomus fulminans

Other common names

Madagascan Large Free-tailed Bat · Madagascar Large Free-tailed Bat · Large Free-tailed Bat · Large Guano Bat · Lightning Guano Bat · Madagascan Large Guano Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1882.3.1.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63c6a499-5e00-4951-923d-558ad3398c05

Type locality

"Fianarantsoa, E. Betsileo, Madagascar."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Tanzania · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · Malawi · South Africa · Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005263

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 fulminans

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

fulminans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1882.3.1.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63c6a499-5e00-4951-923d-558ad3398c05

Authority page

501

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993267

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16467)
  2. Roberts (1946:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)

Nyctinomus mastersoni

(A. Roberts, 1946)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mastersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 9976

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

306

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1946:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)

Tadarida fulminans

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Molossidae

Root name

fulminans

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. Freeman (1981:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  9. Happold & Happold (2013:511) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21316/22122012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tadarida fulminans fulminans

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

fulminans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Tadarida fulminans mastersoni

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

mastersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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