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Chilonatalus micropus

Description

Chilonatalus micropus (Dobson 1880)

[Natalus] micropus Dobson 1880, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880: 443.

Type Locality: Jamaica, Kingston.

Vernacular Names: Cuban Lesser Funnel-eared Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Chilonatalus micropus subsp. micropus Dobson 1880

Subspecies Chilonatalus micropus subsp. brevimanus Miller 1898

Subspecies Chilonatalus micropus subsp. macer Miller 1914

Distribution: Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Providencia Isl (Colombia).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Natalus micropus.

Discussion: Includes brevimanus and macer; see Varona (1974) and Timm and Genoways (2003). Formerly included tumidifrons; but see Ottenwalder and Genoways (1982) who revised both species; also see Hall (1981). Kerridge and Baker (1978) treated only the nominate subspecies.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Natalidae, pp. 430-432 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 430, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Natalidae
Genus
Chilonatalus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Chiroptera
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Dobson
Species
micropus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chilonatalus micropus (Dobson, 1880) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Varona, L. S. 1974. Catalogo de los mamiferos vivientes y extinguidos de las Antillas. Instituto de Zoologia, Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (Havana), 139 pp.
  • Timm, R. M., and H. H. Genoways. 2003. West Indian mammals from the Albert Schwartz Collection: Biological and historical information. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, 29: 1 - 47.
  • Ottenwalder, J. A., and H. H. Genoways. 1982. Systematic review of the Antillean bats of the Natalus micropus-complex (Chiroptera: Natalidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 51: 17 - 38.
  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
  • Kerridge, D. C., and R. J. Baker. 1978. Natalus micropus. Mammalian Species, 114: 1 - 3.