Tadarida teniotis

(Rafinesque, 1814)

European 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

Rafinesque, C.S. 1814. Précis des découvertes somiologiques ou zoologiques et botaniques de C.S. Rafinesque. Aux dépens de l'Auteur, Palermo, 55 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5282848

Original name as described

Cephalotes teniotis

Type locality

Sicily, Italy.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Canary Islands · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt · Portugal · Spain · France · Switzerland · Italy · Malta · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Montenegro · Serbia · Kosovo · Albania · North Macedonia · Bulgaria · Greece · Turkey · Cyprus · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · India · Bhutan · Myanmar · China?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005267

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.

Dinops cestonii var. nigrogriseus

(Schneider, 1871)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

nigrogrisea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMB 291

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Neue Denkschrifte der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Naturwissenschaften

Name usages

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

Dysopes rupelii

(Temminck, 1826)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

SMF:MAMM:12380

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

224

Authority publication

Paris

Dinops Cestonii

(Savi, 1825)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cestonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1983.173, BMNH (no number given), NMW (no number given), Pisa (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

235

Authority publication

Nuovo Giornale de' Letterati, Pisa

Name usages

Lesson (1827:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Dysopes Savii

(H. R. Schinz, 1840)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

savii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1983.173, BMNH (no number given), NMW (no number given), Pisa (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41502820

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

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

Molossus Ruppelii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ruppelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207569

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Dysopes cestonii

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cestonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Tadarida teniotis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Molossidae

Root name

teniotis

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 (1982:215, 216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Benda, Spitzenberger, Hanák, Andreas, Reiter, Ševčík, Šmíd & Uhrin (2014:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25234)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21311/22114995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tadarida teniotis rueppelli

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

rueppelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

451

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Tadarida teniotis teniotis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

teniotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Cephalotes teniotis

(Rafinesque, 1814)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

teniotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5282848

Authority publication

Palermo

Name usages

Lesson (1827:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Dinops Cestoni

(A. G. Desmarest, 1826)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cestoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4422326

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie

Name usages

Lesson (1842:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Nyctinomus Ruppellii

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

ruppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814720

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Dysopes Cestoni

(Sundevall, 1843)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

cestoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

208, 209

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304063 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304064

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Simmons (2005:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Dysopes (Molossus) rueppelii

(Swinhoe, 1871)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

rueppelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

619

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555481

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Nyctinomus taeniotis

(O. Thomas, 1891)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

taeniotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30978401

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Dysopes midas

(Schulze, 1897)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

midas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Helios – Abhandlungen und Mitteilungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Naturwissenschaften

Tadarida teniotis rueppellii

Qumsiyeh, 1985

Family

Molossidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55505608

Authority publication

Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University

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