67 urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:0EB7B745-BA33-591F-8755-8E4C5B0D1E08 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:46D8CEF4-19D6-4C04-A352-F60839BA3C4F Check List CheckList 1809-127X Pensoft Publishers 10.15560/18.6.1369 89644 Notes on Geographic Distribution Animalia Chiroptera Chordata Mammalia Molossidae Placentalia Theria Vertebrata Americas Mexico North America A Brazilian Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824) (Chiroptera, Molossidae), colony in Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, with records of other bat species Rodríguez-Moreno Ángel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1577-2471 1 Conceptualization Formal analysis Funding acquisition Writing - review and editing Martínez-Hernández E. Yafhed https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7227-8867 1 Conceptualization Formal analysis Investigation Writing - review and editing Fernández Jesús A. jaff1789@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3949-5234 2 Conceptualization Validation Writing - original draft Writing - review and editing Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Mexico Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico Mexico Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua Chihuahua Mexico

Corresponding author: Jesús A. Fernández (jaff1789@gmail.com).

Academic editor: Héctor Ramírez-Chaves

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We report here the first record of a colony of the Brazilian Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824), in a mine located in central Chihuahua, Mexico. This record represents the most central point of the distribution of the species in the state and is located in the Central Valleys biome. We highlight the importance of recognizing and preserving this mine as a refuge for the largest bat colony reported in the state of Chihuahua.