Brazilian funnel-eared bat

The Brazilian funnel-eared bat (Natalus macrourus) is a South American 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

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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]

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.


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