NATALIDAE, Gray, 1866

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Natalidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 589-596 : 589

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6811090
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6418894
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scientific name	NATALIDAE
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Family NATALIDAE View in CoL

(FUNNEL-EARED BATS)

• Very smallto medium-sized bats, with smooth, funnelshaped ears; very small eyes covered by mustache-like facial pelage; long legs and tail enclosed in membrane; broad wings; long, silky, and usually pale hair.

• 8-12 cm. View Figure

• Nearctic and Neotropical Regions. View Figure

• Tropical zone of the New World from desert through wet forest to mountain areas.

• 3 genera, 12 species, 12 taxa.

• | species Critically Endangered, 2 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.