Brazilian funnel-eared bat

Brazilian funnel-eared bat

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of N. stramineus.[1][2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Natalidae
Genus: Natalus
Species: N. espiritosantensis
Binomial name
Natalus espiritosantensis
Ruschi, 1951

The Brazilian funnel-eared bat (Natalus espiritosantensis) is a South American bat species found in eastern Brazil. 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tejedor, A.; Davalos, L.. (2016). "Natalus espiritosantensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T136448A21983924. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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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