Tadarida latouchei, Thomas, 1920

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La Touche’s Free-tailed Bat

Tadarida latouchei

French: Tadaride de La Touche / German: La-Touche-Bulldogfledermaus / Spanish: Murciélago rabudo de La Touche

Taxonomy. Tadarida latouchei Thomas, 1920 ,

“Chin-wang-tao, N.E. Chihli, China.”

ladarida latouchei was previously considered a subspecies of 1. teniotis; currently recognized as a distinct species, but further revision is needed. Monotypic.

Distribution. Disjunct locations in NE China ( Liaoning, Inner Mongolia [= Nei Mongol], Hebei, Beijing, and Shandong), N & C Laos, and NE Thailand ( Loei Province). There are three vagrant records in Japan, on Amami-Oshima, Kuchinoerabujima, and Yoronjima Is.

Descriptive notes. Head—-body 67-72 mm, tail 41-49 mm, ear 22-27 mm, forearm 53-57 mm. No specific data are available for hindfoot length or body weight. Hairs are short, soft and velvety; dorsal fur is dark brown or grayish brown; ventralside is paler. Upperlip is wrinkled. Ears are large andjoined by a flap of narrow skin over forehead. Wing membrane is attached to basal one-third oftibia.

Habitat. In Thailand, La Touche’s Free-tailed Bat has been recorded in dry evergreen hill forest at 1500 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. La Touche’s Free-tailed Bat is known to roost in caves.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. [La Touche’s Free-tailed Bat was recorded forming a large colony in Laos.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Population size 1s decreasing and La Touche’s Free-tailed Bat is thought to be at risk due to hunting for food and roost disturbance.

Bibliography. Abe et al. (2005), Corbet & Hill (1992), Francis (2008a), Francis & Maeda (2008), Funakoshi & Kunisaki (2000), Kock (1999), Simmons (2005), Smith & Xie Yan (2008), Wang Yingxiang (2003).

Figures

On following pages: 105. Roberts's Flat-headed Bat (Sauromys petrophilus); 106. Brazilian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis); 107. European Free-tailed Bat (7adarida teniotis); 108. Egyptian Free-tailed Bat (7adarida aegyptiaca); 109. Kenyan Big-eared Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida lobata); 110. African Giant Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida ventralis); 111. Malagasy Free-tailed Bat (7adarida fulminans); 112. East Asian Free-tailed Bat (7adarida insignis); 113. La Touche's Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida latouchei); 114. New Guinea Free-tailed Bat (Austronomus kuboriensis); 115. White-striped Free-tailed Bat (Austronomus australis); 116. East Coast Free-tailed Bat (Micronomus norfolkensis); 117. Beccari's Free-tailed Bat (Ozimops beccaril); 118. Northern Coastal Free-tailed Bat (Ozimops cobourgianus); 119. Cape York Free-tailed Bat (Ozimops hall); 120. South-western Free-tailed Bat (Ozimops kitchener); 121. Loria’s Free-tailed Bat (Ozimops loriae); 122. Lumsden'’s Free-tailed Bat (Ozimops lumsdenae); 123. Inland Free-tailed Bat (Ozimops petersi); 124. Southern Free-tailed Bat (Ozimops planiceps); 125. Ride's Free-tailed Bat (Ozimops ride); 126. Hairy-nosed Free-tailed Bat (Setirostris eleryi).

Distribution. Disjunct locations in NE China ( Liaoning , Inner Mongolia [= Nei Mongol ], Hebei , Beijing , and Shandong ), N & C Laos , and NE Thailand ( Loei Province ). There are three vagrant records in Japan , on Amami-Oshima, Kuchinoerabujima, and Yoronjima Is.