Tadarida brasiliensis

Tadarida brasiliensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Molossidae
Genus: Tadarida
Species: Tadarida brasiliensis
Subspecies: T. b. antillularum – T. b. bahamensis – T. b. brasiliensis – T. b. constanzae – T. b. cynocephala – T. b. intermedia – T. b. mexicana – T. b. murina – T. b. muscula

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Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824)

Type locality: Brazil, Parana, Curityba.

References

• I. Geoffroy, 1824. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., 1: 343.
• Conservation status: IUCN: Tadarida brasiliensis  (Near Threatened)
• Tadarida brasiliensis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Links

• North American Mammals: Tadarida brasiliensis

Distribution

• South Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile to Oregon, South Nebraska and Ohio (USA)
• Greater and Lesser Antilles.

Vernacular names

English: Brazilian Free-tailed Bat; Mexican Free-tailed Bat.
français: Tadaride du Brésil

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