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Natalus

The genus Natalus of funnel-eared bats is found from Mexico to Brazil and the Caribbean islands. They are slender bats with unusually long tails and, as their name suggests, funnel-shaped ears. They are small, at only 3.5 to 5.5 cm in length, with brown, grey, yellow, or reddish fur. Their tail is completely enclosed in the interfemoral membrane. Adult males have a natalid organ, a large glad-like organ, on the muzzle or face. Their skulls are delicate and extended. They have swollen, rounded braincase and narrow, somewhat tubular rostrum. They have nineteen teeth on both sides, with two upper and three lower being incisors, one upper and lower canine, three upper and lower premolars, and three upper and lower molars. Like many other bats, they are insectivorous, and roost in caves. The genus is similar to the Furipteridae and Thyropteridae genera. All three genera have mostly the same geographic ranges.

Eight species belong to this genus, with cranial and external differences:

Name

Common name

Authority

Conservation status

Distribution

Reference

Natalus espiritosantensis

Brazilian funnel-eared bat

Ruschi, 1951

Near Threatened

From Pará to the south to São Paulo and Rio Grande do Norte

Natalus jamaicensis

Jamaican greater funnel-eared bat

Goodwin, 1959

Critically Endangered

Jamaica

Natalus lanatus

Tejedor, 2005

Least Concern

North Central Mexico ( Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Veracruz)

Natalus major

Hispaniolan greater funnel-eared bat

Miller, 1902

Near Threatened

Hispaniola

Natalus mexicanus

Mexican greater funnel-eared bat

Miller, 1902

Least Concern

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama

Natalus primus

Cuban greater funnel-eared bat

Anthony, 1919

Critically Endangered

Cuba

Natalus stramineus

Mexican funnel-eared bat

Gray, 1838

Least Concern

Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba

Natalus tumidirostris

Trinidadian funnel-eared bat

Miller, 1900

Least Concern

Northern Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, and Bonaire