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Tadarida brasiliensis
Brazilian Free-tailed Bat, Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Walnut Canyon National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Subclass Theria, Order Chiroptera, Suborder Yangochiroptera, Family Molossidae, Genus Tadarida, Species Tadarida brasiliensis


Seasonality Tags:
Vagrant


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:		AZ: 1B
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		AZ: S3S4
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Blue Ridge Parkway	Cabrillo National Monument
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park	Capulin Volcano National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	Channel Islands National Park
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site	Chiricahua National Monument
Colorado National Monument	Coronado National Memorial
Crater Lake National Park	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Death Valley National Park	Devils Postpile National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument	El Malpais National Monument
El Morro National Monument	Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
Everglades National Park	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fossil Butte National Monument	Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Great Basin National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hot Springs National Park	Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	John Muir National Historic Site
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lava Beds National Monument
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Mesa Verde National Park
Mojave National Preserve	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument	Navajo National Monument
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Padre Island National Seashore
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Parashant National Monument
Petroglyph National Monument	Pinnacles National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Redwood National Park
Saguaro National Park	Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Tonto National Monument	Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tuzigoot National Monument	Valles Caldera National Preserve
Vicksburg National Military Park	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
White Sands National Park	Wupatki National Monument
Yosemite National Park	Yucca House National Monument
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	3/17/2009

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/4/2025 11:20:13 PM

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