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Where does the Mexican free-tailed bat live?

Tadarida brasiliensis has 30,953 records in 41 countries and territories, from 1855 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

AnimaliaChordataMammaliaChiropteraMolossidaeTadarida

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 13,908
Mexico 12,235
Argentina 1,572
Bahamas 445
Dominican Republic 430
Chile 366
Martinique 366
Cuba 302
Dominica 197
Guadeloupe 139
Colombia 138
Brazil 119
Guatemala 104
Jamaica 87
Bolivia 79
Cayman Islands 72
Peru 69
Uruguay 57
Saint Lucia 50
Puerto Rico 46
Costa Rica 32
Panama 27
Ecuador 24
St Kitts & Nevis 14
Haiti 11
Montserrat 10
Saint Martin 9
Paraguay 8
Saint Barthélemy 6
Venezuela 5
Antigua & Barbuda 4
Netherlands 4
US Virgin Islands 3
Anguilla 1
Canada 1
Falkland Islands 1
United Kingdom 1
Honduras 1
India 1
Trinidad & Tobago 1

Showing the top 40 of 41 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Molossidae.

Velvety free-tailed bat
15,119 records
Little Free-tailed Bat
14,908 records
Reunion Little Mastiff Bat
Reunion Little Mastiff Bat
10,383 records
Angolan free-tailed bat
3,249 records
Seychelles Free-tailed Bat
1,980 records
Natal Free-tailed Bat
242 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.