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--> GENUS Nyctinomops
SPECIES Nyctinomops macrotis
Author: | Gray, 1840. | Citation: | Ann. Nat. Hist., 4: 5. | Common Name: | Big Free-tailed Bat | Type Locality: | Cuba. | Distribution: | SW British Columbia and Iowa (USA) to SW Mexico; Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Surinam to Peru, N Argentina and Uruguay; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Called Tadarida molossa by Hall and Kelson (1959), but see Husson (1962). See Milner et al. (1990) and Timm and Genoways (2003). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
aequatoralis J. A. Allen, 1914 affinis J. A. Allen, 1900 auritus Wagner, 1843 depressus Ward, 1891 megalotis Dobson, 1876 molossa Hershkovitz, 1949 nevadensis H. Allen, 1894
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