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Tadarida brasiliensis (Mexican free-tailed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae

Taxonomy
Nyctinomus brasiliensis was named by Geoffroy (1824). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tadarida brasiliensis by Choate and Birney (1968), Dalquest and Roth (1970), Martin (1972), Martin (1972), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Morgan (1994) and Rabon et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. stelhini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Nyctinomus brasiliensis Geoffroy
1968Tadarida brasiliensis Choate and Birney
1970Tadarida brasiliensis Dalquest and Roth p. 222
1972Tadarida brasiliensis Martin
1980Tadarida brasiliensis Kurten and Anderson p. 126
1994Tadarida brasiliensis Morgan p. 489
2000Tadarida brasiliensis Rabon et al. p. 58

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyMolossidaeGervais 1856
subfamilyTadaridinaeLegendre 1984
genusTadaridaRafinesque 1814
speciesbrasiliensis(Geoffroy 1824)

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 brasiliensis Geoffroy 1824 [Mexican 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Tadarida brasiliensis (123875)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Tadarida brasiliensis (20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Tadarida brasiliensis (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Tadarida brasiliensis (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Tadarida brasiliensis (71332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Tadarida brasiliensis (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Tadarida brasiliensis (71313)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico Tadarida brasiliensis (194492 231343)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Tadarida brasiliensis (74474)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Tadarida brasiliensis (233123)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Tadarida brasiliensis (210533)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Tadarida brasiliensis (94615)