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--> FAMILY Molossidae
--> SUBFAMILY Molossinae
--> 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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