Natalus stramineus Gray 1838

Natalus stramineus Gray 1838, Mag. Zool. Bot., 2: 496.

Type Locality: Specified as unknown in the original description. Cabrera (1958) restricted the type locality to Lagoa Sanata, Minas Gerais, Brazil, but Goodwin (1959 b) disagreed. Based on measurements and cranial morphology, Goodwin (1959 b) concluded that the holotype was probably from Antigua, Lesser Antilles. Handley and Gardner (1990) subsequently confirmed the identity of the holotype and confirmed restriction of the type locality to Antigua .

Vernacular Names: Mexican Greater Funnel-eared Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Natalus stramineus subsp. stramineus Gray 1838

Subspecies Natalus stramineus subsp. espiritosantensis Ruschi 1951

Subspecies Natalus stramineus subsp. mexicanus Miller 1902

Subspecies Natalus stramineus subsp. natalensis Goodwin 1959

Subspecies Natalus stramineus subsp. saturatus Dalquest and Hall 1949

Subspecies Natalus stramineus subsp. tronchonii Linares 1971

Distribution: S Baja California, Nuevo León, and Sonora (Mexico) to N Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, C and E Brazil, Boliva; Lesser Antilles.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Handley and Gardner (1990) for clarification of the holotype. For synonyms see Goodwin (1959 b) and Varona (1974). Includes espiritosantensis; see Pine and Ruschi (1976). Does not include major, jamaicensis, or primus; see Morgan (1989 b) and Morgan and Czaplewski (2003), but also see Linares (1971). Arroyo-Cabrales et al. (1997) reviewed genetic variation and possible relationships of populations of major and stramineus . Morphometrics and distribution within South America reviewed by Taddei and Uieda (2001); see Timm and Genoways (2003) for discussion of the Carbibbean form.