Tadarida lobata

(O. Thomas, 1891)

Kenyan Big-eared 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. 1891-03-01. Preliminary diagnoses of four new mammals from East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)7(39):303-304.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243239

Original name as described

Nyctinomus lobatus

Other common names

Big-eared Free-tailed Bat · Big-eared Guano Bat · Big-eared Kenyan Guano Bat · Big-eared Kenya Free-tailed Bat · Eastern Africa Free-tailed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1893.2.3.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/42c905a9-b4ce-43c9-8341-4978a21f11d1

Type locality

"Turquel, Sük, British East Africa [= Turkwell Gorge, West Pokot County, Kenya]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Zimbabwe

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005266

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 lobatus

(O. Thomas, 1891)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

lobata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.2.3.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/42c905a9-b4ce-43c9-8341-4978a21f11d1

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243239

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1913:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16467)

Tadarida lobata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Molossidae

Root name

lobata

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. Happold & Happold (2013:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21317/22121550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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