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

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Natalidae
Genus: Natalus
Species:
N. stramineus
Binomial name
Natalus stramineus
Gray, 1838

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]

They are found from Mexico through Central America to Eastern Brazil, the Yucatan Peninsula, Honduras, Panama, the Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, and Jamaica.[5]

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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