Brazilian funnel-eared bat
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The Brazilian funnel-eared bat (Natalus macrourus) is a bat species found in eastern Brazil and 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.[1]
It was formerly considered a subspecies of N. stramineus.[1][2]
Abiotic factors such as temperature and annual rainfall can affect the distribution of this species.[3]
Physical characteristics include short maxillary toothrow length, deeply concave and deeply notched auricular pinna, small oval nostrils open ventrolaterally, unicolored abdominal fur, and bicolored fur with lighter bases on the back and sides.[4]
The Brazilian funnel-eared bat is categorized as near threatened on the IUCN Red List due to factors such as habitat loss and degradation.[1]
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- Natalus
- Bats of Brazil
- Endemic mammals of Brazil
- Fauna of the Atlantic Forest
- Environment of Pará
- Environment of Rio Grande do Norte
- Environment of São Paulo (state)
- Near threatened animals
- Near threatened biota of South America
- Mammals described in 1856
- Taxa named by Paul Gervais
- Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN