Species

Tadarida brasiliensis (Mexican free-tailed bat)

Tadarida brasiliensis. Photo: (c) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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The Mexican free-tailed bat or Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) is a medium-sized bat native to the Americas, regarded as one of the most abundant mammals in North America. Its proclivity towards roosting in huge numbers at relatively few locations makes it vulnerable to habitat destruction in spite of its abundance. It has been claimed to have the fastest horizontal speed (as opposed to stoop diving speed) of any animal, reaching top ground speeds over 100 mph

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, carnivorans, and allies)
        Order: Chiroptera (Bats)
        Suborder: Yangochiroptera
        Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea (Vespertilionoid bats)
        Family: Molossidae (Free-tailed bats)
        Subfamily: Molossinae
        Genus: Tadarida
        Species: Tadarida brasiliensis (Mexican free-tailed bat)

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