East Asian free-tailed bat

East Asian free-tailed bat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Tadarida
Species:
T. insignis
Binomial name
Tadarida insignis
(Blyth, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Nyctinomus insignis Blyth, 1862
  • Nyctinomus teniotis insignis (Blyth, 1862)
  • Tadarida teniotis insignis (Blyth, 1862)
  • Nyctinomus cestonii (Savi), 1825

The East Asian free-tailed bat (Tadarida insignis) was formerly considered to belong to the same species as the European free-tailed bat. Its range includes China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula.