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Tadarida aurispinosa (Peale's free-tailed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae

Taxonomy
Dysopes aurispinosus was named by Peale (1848). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tadarida aurispinosa by Dalquest and Roth (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Dysopes aurispinosus Peale
1970Tadarida aurispinosa Dalquest and Roth p. 223

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyMolossidaeGervais 1856
subfamilyTadaridinaeLegendre 1984
genusTadaridaRafinesque 1814
speciesaurispinosa(Peale 1848)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tadarida aurispinosa Peale 1848 [Peale's free-tailed bat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Tadarida aurispinosa (71264)