Tadarida insignis

(E. Blyth, 1862)

East Asian 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

Blyth, E. 1862. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, May and June. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 30(1):90-98.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51028163

Original name as described

Nyctinomus insignis

Other common names

Oriental Free-tailed Bat

Type material

ZSI 15604

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Amoy [= Xiamen]," south-eastern Fujian Province, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · North Korea · South Korea · Japan · China · Taiwan

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005264

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 insignis

(E. Blyth, 1862)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

insignis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15604

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51028163

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Mori (1928:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68527)

Dysopes insignis

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

insignis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Molossus chinensis

(Westwood, 1874)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

chinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13933553

Authority publication

Oxford

Name usages

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

Tadarida teniotis coecata

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Molossidae

Root name

coecata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.9.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5d7090e9-2425-43ca-9827-dafead45c35c

Authority page

392

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253276

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Tadarida septentrionalis

Kishida, 1931

Family

Molossidae

Root name

septentrionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Name usages

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

Tadarida teniotis cinerea

Gubareff, 1941

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cinerea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

288, 290, 291

Authority publication

Acta Musei Zoologici. Kyiv State University

Name usages

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

T. t. insignis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Molossidae

Root name

insignis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

139

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Tadarida insignis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

insignis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136716/22036641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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