NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Madagascar Free-tailed Bat
Chaerephon atsinanana Goodman, Buccas, Naidoo, Ratrimomanarivo, Taylor & Lamb, 2010
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chaerephon atsinanana Goodman, Buccas, Naidoo, Ratrimomanarivo, Taylor & Lamb, 2010
- Name authority
- Goodman, Buccas, Naidoo, Ratrimomanarivo, Taylor & Lamb, 2010
- Common name
- Madagascar Free-tailed Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Molossidae
- Genus
- Chaerephon
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyMolossidae Gervais, 1856
- subfamilyMolossinae Gervais, 1856
- genusChaerephon Dobson, 1874
- speciesChaerephon atsinanana Goodman, Buccas, Naidoo, Ratrimomanarivo, Taylor & Lamb, 2010
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chaerephon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gallagher's Free-tailed BatChaerephon gallagheri (Harrison, 1975) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Duke of Abruzzi's Free-tailed BatChaerephon aloysiisabaudiae (Festa, 1907) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gland-tailed Free-tailed BatChaerephon bemmeleni (Jentink, 1879) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted Free-tailed BatChaerephon bivittatus (Heuglin, 1861) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fijian Free-tailed BatChaerephon bregullae (Felten, 1964) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chapin's Free-tailed BatChaerephon chapini J. A. Allen, 1917 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grandidier's Free-tailed BatChaerephon leucogaster (A. Grandidier, 1869) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| São Tomé Free-tailed BatChaerephon tomensis (Juste & Ibañez, 1993) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Goodman, Steven M., Waheeda Buccas, Theshnie Naidoo, Fanja Ratrimomanarivo, Peter J. Taylor, et al. (2010). Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in western Indian Ocean members of the Chaerephon ‘pumilus’ complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with the description of a new species from Madagascar. Zootaxa, Vol. 2551. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:T9XN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.