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Brazilian funnel-eared bat
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Natalidae
Genus:	Natalus
Species:	N. macrourus
Binomial name
Natalus macrourus (Gervais, 1856)
Synonyms
Myotis espiritosantensis Ruschi, 1951 Natalus espiritosantensis (Ruschi, 1951) Natalus stramineus subsp. espiritosantensis (Ruschi, 1951) Natalus stramineus subsp. natalensis Goodwin, 1959 Spectrellum macrourum Gervais, 1856 Tadarida espiritosantensis (Ruschi, 1951)

The Brazilian funnel-eared bat (Natalus macrourus) is a bat species found in eastern Brazil and in Paraguay. 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.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of N. stramineus.

Abiotic factors such as temperature and annual rainfall can affect the distribution of this species.

Physical characteristics include short maxillary toothrow length, deeply concave and deeply notched auricular pinna, small oval nostrils open ventrolaterally, unicolored abdominal fur, bicolored fur with lighter bases on the back and sides.

The Brazilian funnel-eared bat is categorized as near threatened on the IUCN Red List due to factors such as habitat loss and degradation.

References

1. ^ Tejedor, A.; Davalos, L.. (2016). "Natalus espiritosantensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136448A21983924. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136448A21983924.en. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
2. "Natalus macrourus (Gervais, 1856)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
3. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.
4. Delgado-Jaramillo, Mariana; Barbier, Eder; Bernard, Enrico (July 2018). "New records, potential distribution, and conservation of the Near Threatened cave bat Natalus macrourus in Brazil". Oryx. 52 (3): 579–586. doi:10.1017/s0030605316001186.
5. Rocha, Patrício; Feijó, José; Mikalauskas, Jefferson; Bocchiglieri, Adriana; Ferrari, Stephen (2013-01-06). "An update on the distribution of the Brazilian Funnel-eared Bat, Natalus macrourus (Gervais, 1856) (Mammalia, Chiroptera), with new records from the Brazilian Northeastern". Check List. 9 (3): 675–679. doi:10.15560/9.3.675. ISSN 1809-127X.

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