Natalus major

G. S. Miller, 1902

Hispaniolan Greater Funnel-eared Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Natalidae
Genus: Natalus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1902-09-12. Twenty new American bats. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54(2):389-412.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309529

Original name as described

Natalus major

Type material

USNM:MAMM:101395

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/384191153-485d-4720-a897-c1f390e7c519

Type locality

"near Savaneta, Santo Domingo, " Dominican Republic.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Dominican Republic · Haiti

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005276

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Natalus major

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Natalidae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:101395

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

near Savaneta, San Domingo, W. I.

Type locality

Dominican Republic.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/384191153-485d-4720-a897-c1f390e7c519

Authority page

398

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309529

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Koopman & Williams (1951:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63409408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1706)
Miller & Kellogg (1955:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7669862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)
Corbet & Hill (1980:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Tejedor (2011:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1616)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136548/21992984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Spectrellum stramineum major:

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Natalidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

501

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466219

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Elliot (1905:501, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)

Natalus stramineus major:

G. M. Allen, 1911

Family

Natalidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815324

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1911:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)
Hall (1981:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Koopman (1994:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Timm & Genoways (2003:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5802)

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