Chilonatalus micropus
(Dobson, 1880)
Caribbean Lesser Funnel-eared Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Natalidae |
| Genus | : Chilonatalus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Dobson, G.E. 1880-10. Description of a new species of the genus Natalus (Vespertilionidae) from Jamaica. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880(3):443-444.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522621Original name as described
Natalus micropus
Other common names
Caribbean Least Funnel-eared Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1880.12.14.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5524def2-0fc2-468f-a88a-0bd4e96160a4Type locality
"Kingston, Jamaica."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Jamaica · Haiti? · Dominican Republic · Colombia
Taxonomy notes
previously included C. macer
Taxonomy notes citation
Tejedor, A. (2011). Systematics of funnel-eared bats (Chiroptera: Natalidae). Bulletin of the american Museum of natural History, 1-140.
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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