Natalus major

G. S. Miller, 1902

Hispaniolan Greater Funnel-eared Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Natalidae
Genus : Natalus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1902-09-12. Twenty new American bats. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54(2):389-412.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309529

Original name as described

Natalus major

Type material

USNM:MAMM:101395

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/384191153-485d-4720-a897-c1f390e7c519

Type locality

"near Savaneta, Santo Domingo," Dominican Republic.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Haiti · Dominican Republic

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005276

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Natalus major

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Natalidae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:101395

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/384191153-485d-4720-a897-c1f390e7c519

Authority page

398

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309529

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Koopman & Williams (1951:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63409408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1706)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Tejedor (2011:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1616)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136548/21992984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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