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Tadarida (free-tailed bats and guano bats)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The genus Tadarida has 9 or more species of bats divided into two subgenera, with the first of these containing seven species spread across the Old World (including southern Europe and North Africa, large parts of southern Asia, and India right across to Japan). Four species occur exclusively in Africa including Madagascar while two more species occur in central Papua New Guinea, and western and southern Australia, respectively. The Australian species T. australis is the largest in the genus, with a head and body length of 85–100 mm, and a tail length of 40–55 mm. Species list for genus:
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Species

Tadarida aegyptiaca (Egyptian free-tailed bat) (Attributes)
Tadarida brasiliensis (Brazilian free-tailed bat) (Attributes)
Tadarida constantinei
Tadarida engesseri
Tadarida fulminans (Madagascan large free-tailed bat) (Attributes)
Tadarida insignis (European free-tailed bat) (Attributes)
Tadarida laticaudata
Tadarida latouchei (La Touche's free-tailed bat) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Tadarida leptognatha
Tadarida limbata <Unverified Name>
Tadarida lobata (Kenyan big-eared free-tailed bat) (Attributes)
Tadarida rusingae
Tadarida spec
Tadarida teniotis (European free-tailed bat) (Attributes)
Tadarida ventralis (African giant free-tailed bat) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0