Tadarida teniotis Rafinesque 1814

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 432-451 : 451

Tadarida teniotis Rafinesque 1814

Tadarida teniotis Rafinesque 1814 , Precis Som.: 12.

Type Locality: Italy, Sicily.

Vernacular Names: European Free-tailed Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Tadarida teniotis subsp. teniotis Rafinesque 1814

Subspecies Tadarida teniotis subsp. rueppelli Temminck 1826

Distribution: France, Spain, and Portugal south to Morocco and Algeria, east through Tunisia, Libya, Israel, Jordan, W Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan to W Bengal ( India), Yunnan ( China), and Flores (Indonesia); Madeira ( Portugal) and Canary Isls ( Spain).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: teniotis species group. Revised by Aellen (1966) and Kock and Nader (1984), although both included insignis in this complex as a subspecies. Does not include insignis ; see Yoshiyuki (1989), Yoshiyuki et al. (1989), and Funakoshi and Kunisaki (2000). Does not include latouchei ; see Kock (1999 a), Funakoshi and Kunisaki (2000), and Helgen and Wilson (2002). May include coecata from Yunnan ( China), here considered a synonym of insignis ; see Kock (1999). A specimen from India seems clearly referable to teniotis , see Funakoshi and Kunisaki (2000), though also see Kock (1999 a). Eastern-most records reviewed by Bates and Harrison (1997) and Helgen and Wilson (2002); Middle Eastern records reviewed by Harrison and Bates (1991); Palearctic forms reviewed by Horácek et al. (2000).