Authority citation: Gervais, P. 1855-07-23. Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement français pendant les années 1843 a 1847, sous la direction du comte Francis de Castelnau, Mammifères. P. Bertrand, Paris, 116 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49076235
Original name as described: Spectrellum macrourum
Nominal names: macrourus (P. Gervais, 1855) | macrurum (P. Gervais, 1856) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | espiritosantensis (Ruschi, 1951) | natalensis G. G. Goodwin, 1959 | esperitosantensis Koopman, 1994 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Natalidae
Type locality: no type locality given. Identified by P. Gervais in 1856 as Bahia, Brazil.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA) | Bolivia (BOL) | Paraguay (PRY)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: split from N. stramineus (as espiritosantensis); then name macrourus has been shown to be the oldest name available for this species rather than espiritosantensis
Citation: Tejedor, A. (2011). Systematics of funnel-eared bats (Chiroptera: Natalidae). Bulletin of the american Museum of natural History, 1-140.|Garbino, G. S., & Tejedor, A. (2013). Natalus macrourus (Gervais, 1856)(Chiroptera: Natalidae) is a senior synonym of Natalus espiritosantensis (Ruschi, 1951). Mammalia, 77(2), 237-240.
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