Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae
Parent taxon: Tadaridinae according to J. Arroyo-Cabrales et al. 2002
See also Choate and Birney 1968, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Morgan 1994, Rabon et al. 2000 and Sherman 1952
Sister taxa: Mops, Nyctinomops
Subtaxa: Tadarida aegyptiaca Tadarida aurispinosa Tadarida brasiliensis Tadarida constantinei Tadarida engesseri Tadarida laticaudata Tadarida leptognatha Tadarida rusingae Tadarida teniotis
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), the Bahamas (1), Brazil (2), Cayman Islands (1), Italy (1), Mauritius (1), Mexico (2), Puerto Rico (2), South Africa (1), United States (10: Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, Texas, West Virginia), Zambia (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of France (1), Germany (2), Kenya (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of France (4)
Total: 35 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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