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Brazilian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) - English
URL: http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/tadabras.htm

These bats utilize caves, mine tunnels, old wells, hollow trees, human habitations, bridges, and other buildings as daytime retreats. The prime necessity for a roost seems to be some relatively dark, dry retreat where from several dozen to several million individuals can hang up in close association and have an unobstructed space below into which they can drop when taking wing.

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Tadarida - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/mammalia/chiroptera/molossidae/tadarida/

List of species.

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Tadarida: Free-tailed Bats - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/chiroptera/chiroptera.molossidae.tadarida.

Habitat varies considerably. African species live in either forest or open country and generally are reported to roost in trees and buildings. In Venezuela, Handley (1976) found most T. brasiliensis roosting in houses. Barbour and Davis (1969) stated that T. brasiliensis roosts in buildings on the west coast and in the southeastern United States, and mainly in caves in the southwest.

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Tadarida brasiliensis (Mexican Free-Tailed Bat): Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/tadarida/t._brasiliensis$narrativ

Mexican Free-tails roost in caves, under bridges, or in buildings. They prefer undisturbed habitats. These bats roost near water. This allows them to drink while on their long foraging flights, and water attracts insects which they then eat.

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Tadarida - Складчатогубы - Russian
URL: http://zmmu.msu.ru/bats/rusbats/tadar.html

Населяют разнообразные ландшафты от пустынь до лесов, не избегая антропогенных угодий, в горах до 3100 м над уровнем моря. Насекомоядны, охотятся часто на очень больших высотах (до нескольких км); полет стремительный, но маломаневренный. Основные убежища – пещеры, и трещины скал, постройки человека. Часто формируют огромные скопления (до нескольких тысяч и даже миллионов особей).

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