Brazilian funnel-eared bat

Species of bat

Brazilian funnel-eared bat
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Natalidae
Genus: Natalus
Species:
N. macrourus
Binomial name
Natalus macrourus
Gervais, 1856

The Brazilian funnel-eared bat (Natalus macrourus) is a bat species found in eastern Brazil and in Paraguay. It roosts in caves, which makes it vulnerable to disturbance of these scarce sites, and in particular, to extermination campaigns against cave-roosting bats carried out in Brazil to combat rabies.[1]

It was formerly considered a subspecies of N. stramineus.[1][2]

Abiotic factors such as temperature and annual rainfall can affect the distribution of this species.[3]

Physical characteristics include short maxillary toothrow length, deeply concave and deeply notched auricular pinna, small oval nostrils open ventrolaterally, unicolored abdominal fur, bicolored fur with lighter bases on the back and sides.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Tejedor, A.; Davalos, L.. (2016). "Natalus espiritosantensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136448A21983924. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136448A21983924.en. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  2. ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Delgado-Jaramillo, Mariana; Barbier, Eder; Bernard, Enrico (July 2018). "New records, potential distribution, and conservation of the Near Threatened cave bat Natalus macrourus in Brazil". Oryx. 52 (3): 579–586. doi:10.1017/s0030605316001186.
  4. ^ Rocha, Patrício; Feijó, José; Mikalauskas, Jefferson; Bocchiglieri, Adriana; Ferrari, Stephen (2013-01-06). "An update on the distribution of the Brazilian Funnel-eared Bat, Natalus macrourus (Gervais, 1856) (Mammalia, Chiroptera), with new records from the Brazilian Northeastern". Check List. 9 (3): 675–679. doi:10.15560/9.3.675. ISSN 1809-127X.
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Extant species of family Natalidae
Chilonatalus
  • C. macer
  • Cuban funnel-eared bat (C. micropus)
  • Bahaman funnel-eared bat (C. tumidifrons)
Natalus
  • Jamaican greater funnel-eared bat (N. jamaicensis)
  • Brazilian funnel-eared bat (N. macrourus)
  • Hispaniolan greater funnel-eared bat (N. major)
  • Mexican greater funnel-eared bat (N. mexicanus)
  • Cuban greater funnel-eared bat (N. primus)
  • Mexican funnel-eared bat (N. stramineus)
  • Trinidadian funnel-eared bat (N. tumidirostris)
Nyctiellus
  • Gervais's funnel-eared bat (N. lepidus)
Taxon identifiers
Natalus macrourus
Natalus espiritosantensis


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