Brazilian funnel-eared bat

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]

Brazilian funnel-eared bat
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

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. 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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