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Natalus (funnel-eared bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Natalidae

Taxonomy
Natalus was named by Gray (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Natalidae by Morgan (1994) and Salles et al. (2006).

Species
N. major, N. micropus
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. macrourus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Natalus Gray
1994Natalus Morgan p. 469
2006Natalus Salles et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyNatalidaeGray 1866
genusNatalusGray 1838

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Natalus Gray 1838 [funnel-eared bat]
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Natalus major Miller 1902
Natalus micropus Dobson 1880
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Natalus stramineus (92813)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Natalus stramineus (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Natalus tumidifrons (190743 190745)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Natalus macrourus (212251)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Natalus major, Natalus micropus (210532)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Natalus stramineus (94615)