Natalus primus

H. E. Anthony, 1919

Cuban 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

Anthony, H.E. 1919-12-30. Mammals collected in eastern Cuba in 1917. With descriptions of two new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 41(20):625-643.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1358

Original name as described

Natalus primus

Type material

AMNH M-41009

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-41009

Type locality

"Daiquiri [= Daiquirí, Santiago de Cuba], Cuba."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005278

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Natalus primus

H. E. Anthony, 1919

Family

Natalidae

Root name

primus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-41009

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

These mandibles were found associated with Nesophontes and Boromys in the Cueva de los Indios at Daiquiri, buried but a short distance under the surface.

Type locality

Cuba: 19°56′49″N, 75°37′38″W.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-41009

Authority page

642

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Miller & Kellogg (1955:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7669862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Tejedor (2011:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1616)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Orihuela, Viñola López & Viera (2020:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67075)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136777/22032828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Natalus stramineus primus:

E. R. Hall, 1981

Family

Natalidae

Root name

primus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

178

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall (1981:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)

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