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 HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
 --> ORDER CHIROPTERA
 --> FAMILY Molossidae
 --> SUBFAMILY Molossinae
 --> GENUS Nyctinomops
				
  SPECIES Nyctinomops aurispinosus 
				
| Author: | Peale, 1848. |  | Citation: | Mammalia, in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8: 21. |  | Common Name: | Peale's Free-tailed Bat |  | Type Locality: | Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, 100 mi. (161 km) off Cape Sao Roque. |  | Distribution: | Sonora and Tamaulipas (Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. |  | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). |  | Comments: | Includes similis; see Jones and Arroyo-Cabrales (1990). |  
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