Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat
Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Chiroptera |
| Family | Molossidae |
| Genus | Tadarida |
| Species | Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 18 counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico, Texas
Counties
- Florida
- Marion
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
- New Mexico
- Eddy
- Texas
- Blanco, Brewster, Burnet, Comal, Cottle, Edwards, Jeff Davis, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Medina, Presidio, Stonewall, Uvalde, Val Verde
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2015.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Alabama
- S3 Vulnerable
- Nevada
- S4 Apparently Secure
- NN
- S3 Vulnerable
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- NE
- SNRN (non-breeding)
- New Mexico
- S3 Vulnerable
- Louisiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Arizona
- S3 Vulnerable
- California
- SNR Unranked
- Oregon
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Colorado
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Utah
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Oklahoma
- S3 Vulnerable
- Georgia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- SNA Not Applicable
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Barr, T.C. & Reddell, J.R. 1967. The arthropod cave fauna of the Carlsbad Caverns region, New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 12: 253–273.
- Clark, Jr., D.R., Moreno-Valdez, A. & Mora, M.A. 1995. Organochlorine residues in bat guano from nine Mexican caves, 1991. Ecotoxicology 4: 258–265. doi:10.1007/BF00116344
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- Gates, W.R. 2017. Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis (Geof. St. Hilaire). In: Shelton-Nix, E. (ed), Alabama Wildlife, Volume 5, p. 339. The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
- Roth, S., Calva, O., Kennedy, J. & Reinhardt, K. 2024. Primicimex cavernis Barber 1941 (Heteroptera: Cimicidae): A rare parasite on a very abundant host. Insect Conservation and Diversity 17: 163–167. doi:10.1111/icad.12691
How to cite this account
Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2984. https://cavebiology.org/species/tadarida-brasiliensis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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