East Asian free-tailed bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the East Asian free-tailed bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tadarida insignis
Group	Bats
Status	Data deficient (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Molossidae

Where does the East Asian free-tailed bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the East Asian free-tailed bat in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Chinese Taipei

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the East Asian free-tailed bat endangered?

The East Asian free-tailed bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Data deficient” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the East Asian free-tailed bat?

The East Asian free-tailed bat (Tadarida insignis) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Molossidae, genus Tadarida. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the East Asian free-tailed bat

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article East Asian free-tailed bat (revision 1313919588), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2437062 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).