Mexican funnel-eared bat

The Mexican funnel-eared bat (Natalus stramineus) is a bat species found in Central America and the Caribbean.[2]

Mexican funnel-eared bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Natalidae
Genus: Natalus
Species:
N. stramineus
Binomial name
Natalus stramineus
Gray, 1838

Description

The Mexican funnel-eared bat has very distinct funnel shaped ears, hence its name. The ears tilt forward, and the face has a triangular shape and pale skin. Both sexes of this species are similar in size, unlike other species. They have brown fur, with it getting darker as it reaches the tip.[3] They tend to live in deep and very humid caves and have groups from 100 up to 10,000 bats.[4]

Distribution

They are found from Mexico through Central America, to Eastern Brazil, the Yucatan Peninsula, Honduras, Panama, and in the Caribbean in the Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Jamaica.[5]

Taxonomy

The related species Natalus espiritosantensis (formerly known as Natalus stramineus ssp. espiritosantensis)[6] is endemic to Brazil, and the sub-species Lesser Antillean funnel-eared bat (Natalus stramineus stramineus) is endemic to the Lesser Antilles islands.

References
  1. Davalos, 1 L.; Tejedor, A. (2016). "Natalus stramineus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14360A22040956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T14360A22040956.en.
  2. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Natalus stramineus". 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. Cervantes, 1 F. (2004). "New Records of Mammals from Hidalgo and Guerrero, Mexico". The Southwestern Naturalist. 49: 122–124. doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0122:NROMFH>2.0.CO;2.
  4. Arita, 1 HT. (1995). "NATURAL-HISTORY, INTERSPECIFIC ASSOCIATION, AND INCIDENCE OF THE CAVE BATS OF YUCATAN, MEXICO". The Southwestern Naturalist. 40: 29–37.
  5. Reid, Fiona A. (2009). A field guide to the mammals of Central America & Southeast Mexico (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195343236.
  6. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Natalus espiritosantensis". 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.

Further reading
  • Adrian Tejedor, A New Species of Funnel-Eared Bat (Natalidae: Natalus) from Mexico, Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 86, Issue 6, 14 December 2005, Pages 1109–1120, , [1109: ANSOFB]2.0.CO;2
  • José Williams Torres-Flores and Ricardo López-Wilchis "Trophic Niche and Diet of Natalus Mexicanus (Chiroptera: Natalidae) in a Tropical Dry Forest of Western Mexico," Acta Chiropterologica 20(2), p. 343-350, February 14, 2019,
  • Ricardo López-Wilchis, Luis M. Guevara-Chumacero, Neófito ángeles Pérez, Javier Juste, Carlos IbáñEz, and Irene D. L. A. Barriga-Sosa "Taxonomic Status Assessment of the Mexican Populations of Funnel-Eared Bats,Genus Natalus (Chiroptera: Natalidae)," Acta Chiropterologica 14(2), p. 305-316, January 1, 2012,
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