Tadarida brasiliensis I. Geoffroy 1824

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 432-451 : 449

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Tadarida brasiliensis I. Geoffroy 1824 View in CoL

Tadarida brasiliensis I. Geoffroy 1824 View in CoL , Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., 1: 343.

Type Locality: Brazil, Paraná, Curitiba (= Curityba).

Vernacular Names: Brazilian Free-tailed Bat; Mexican Free-tailed Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Tadarida brasiliensis subsp. brasiliensis I. Geoffroy 1824

Subspecies Tadarida brasiliensis subsp. antillularum Miller 1902

Subspecies Tadarida brasiliensis subsp. bahamensis Rhen 1902

Subspecies Tadarida brasiliensis subsp. constanzae Shamel 1931

Subspecies Tadarida brasiliensis subsp. cynocephala Le Conte 1831

Subspecies Tadarida brasiliensis subsp. intermedia Shamel 1931

Subspecies Tadarida brasiliensis subsp. mexicana Saussure 1860

Subspecies Tadarida brasiliensis subsp. murina Gray 1827

Subspecies Tadarida brasiliensis subsp. muscula Gundlach 1861

Distribution: S Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile to Oregon, S Nebraska and Ohio ( USA); Greater and Lesser Antilles.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: aegyptiaca species group. Placed in distinct genus ( Rhizomops ) by Legendre (1984), but see Freeman (1981) and Owen et al. (1990). See Hall (1981) and Wilkins (1989); also see Emmons (1997) for distribution map. Caribbean subspecies reviewed by Timm and Genoways (2003).

References

Freeman, P. W. 1981. A multivariate study of the family Molossidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Morphology, ecology, evolution. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 7: 1 - 173.

[Gray, J. E.]. 1827. Synopsis of the species of the Class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organization, by Cuvier, and other naturalists, with specific characters, synonyma, & c. & c., vol. 5, in The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. (E. Griffith, C. H. Smith, and E. Pidgeon, eds.). G. B. Whittaker, London, 391 pp.

Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.

Legendre, S. 1984. Etude odotologique des representants actuels du groupe Tadarida (Chiroptera, Molossidae). Implications phylogeniques, systematiques et zoogeographiques. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 91: 399 - 442.

Miller, G. S., Jr. 1902. The mammals of the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 24: 751 - 795.

Timm, R. M., and H. H. Genoways. 2003. West Indian mammals from the Albert Schwartz Collection: Biological and historical information. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, 29: 1 - 47.

Wilkins, K. T. 1989. Tadarida brasiliensis. Mammalian Species, 331: 1 - 10.