Natalus mexicanus

G. S. Miller, 1902

Mexican 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

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/10309530

Original name as described

Natalus mexicanus

Other common names

Mexican Greater Funnel-eared Bat · Woolly Funnel-eared Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:96496

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e67de85b-5bc0-4f97-b09b-2eed52860583

Type locality

"Santa Anita, Lower [= Baja] California, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia

Taxonomy notes

includes the recently described lanatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Tejedor, A. (2005). A new species of funnel-eared bat (Natalidae: Natalus) from Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy, 86(6), 1109-1120. · López-Wilchis, R., Guevara-Chumacero, L. M., Pérez, N. Á., Juste, J., Ibáñez, C., & Sosa, I. B. D. (2012). Taxonomic status assessment of the Mexican populations of funnel-eared bats, genus Natalus (Chiroptera: Natalidae). Acta Chiropterologica, 14(2), 305-316.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005277

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 mexicanus saturatus

Dalquest & E. R. Hall, 1949

Family

Natalidae

Root name

saturatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:23815

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=910a074f-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35878865

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Natalus lanatus

Tejedor, 2005

Family

Natalidae

Root name

lanatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:39628

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=91b69d92-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

1110

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Tejedor (2011:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1616)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Natalus mexicanus

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Natalidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:96496

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e67de85b-5bc0-4f97-b09b-2eed52860583

Authority page

399

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309530

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Tejedor (2011:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1616)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/123984355/22011975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Natalus stramineus mexicanus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Natalidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Natalus stramineus saturatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Natalidae

Root name

saturatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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