Brazilian funnel-eared bat

Brazilian funnel-eared bat
Brazilian funnel-eared bat
Conservation status
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.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of N. stramineus.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Natalus espiritosantensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2008. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136448. Retrieved 12 September 2009. 
  2. ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, http://www.bucknell.edu/MSW3/browse.asp?s=y&id=13801546, retrieved 12 September 2009 



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