Tadarida ventralis
(von Heuglin, 1861)
African Giant 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
Heuglin, T. von. 1861. Beiträge zur Fauna der Säugetheire N.O.-Afrikas. Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 29(8):1-24.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45613527Original name as described
Nyctinomus (Dysopes) ventralis
Other common names
Giant Free-tailed Bat · Giant African Free-tailed Bat · Giant Guano Bat · Giant African Guano Bat · Transvaal Free-tailed Bat
Type material
SMNS 982
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
Keren, Eritrea.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Eritrea · Ethiopia · Sudan? · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya · Tanzania · Malawi · Zambia? · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · South Africa
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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