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Natalus
The genus Natalus of funnel-eared bats is found from Mexico to Brazil and the Caribbean islands. They are slender bats with unusually long tails and, as their name suggests, funnel-shaped ears. They are small, at only 3.5 to 5.5 cm in length, with brown, grey, yellow, or reddish fur. Their tail is completely enclosed in the interfemoral membrane. Adult males have a natalid organ, a large glad-like organ, on the muzzle or face. Their skulls are delicate...
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Mexican Greater Funnel-eared Bat
speciesNatalus mexicanus
Trinidadian Funnel-eared Bat
speciesNatalus tumidirostris
Brazilian Funnel-eared Bat
speciesNatalus macrourus

Mexican Funnel-eared Bat
speciesNatalus stramineus

Hispaniolan Greater Funnel-eared Bat
speciesNatalus major
Cuban Greater Funnel-eared Bat
speciesNatalus primus
Jamaican Greater Funnel-eared Bat
speciesNatalus jamaicensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41202.