The family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Natalidae, or funnel-eared bats are found from Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 to Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 and the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

 islands. The family has three genera

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

, Chilonatalus

Chilonatalus

The genus Chilonatalus of funnel-eared bats is found in South America and the Antilles. It has two species....

, Natalus

Natalus

The genus Natalus of funnel-eared bats is found from Mexico to Brazil and the Caribbean islands. They are slender bats with unusually long tails and, as their name suggests, funnel-shaped ears. They are small, at only 3.5 to 5.5 cm in length, with brown, grey, or reddish fur...

and Nyctiellus. They are slender bats with unusually long tails and, as their name suggests, funnel-shaped ears. They are small, at only 3.5 to 5.5 cm in length, with brown, grey, or reddish fur. Like many other bats, they are insectivorous

Insectivore

An insectivore is a type of carnivore with a diet that consists chiefly of insects and similar small creatures. An alternate term is entomophage, which also refers to the human practice of eating insects....

, and roost in caves.

FAMILY NATALIDAE

• Genus Chilonatalus
  Chilonatalus
  The genus Chilonatalus of funnel-eared bats is found in South America and the Antilles. It has two species....
  
  
  • Cuban Funnel-eared Bat
    Cuban Funnel-eared Bat
    The Cuban Funnel-eared Bat is a species of bat in the family Natalidae. It is one of two species within the genus Chilonatalus. It is found in Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica....
    
    , Chilonatalus micropus
  • Bahaman Funnel-eared Bat
    Bahaman Funnel-eared Bat
    The Bahaman Funnel-eared Bat is a species of bat in the Natalidae family.This bat is endemic to the Bahamas, in the northeastern Caribbean.-References:...
    
    , Chilonatalus tumidifrons
• Genus Natalus
  Natalus
  The genus Natalus of funnel-eared bats is found from Mexico to Brazil and the Caribbean islands. They are slender bats with unusually long tails and, as their name suggests, funnel-shaped ears. They are small, at only 3.5 to 5.5 cm in length, with brown, grey, or reddish fur...
  
  
  • Brazilian Funnel-eared Bat
    Brazilian funnel-eared bat
    The Brazilian funnel-eared bat, Natalus espiritosantensis, is a South American bat species found in eastern Brazil. It roosts in caves, which makes it vulnerable to disturbance of these scarce sites. It was formerly considered a subspecies of N. stramineus.-References:*...
    
    , Natalus espiritosantensis
  • Jamaican Greater Funnel-eared Bat, Natalus jamaicensis
  • Natalus lanatus
    Natalus lanatus
    Natalus lanatus is a funnel-eared bat found in Mexico along the western coast in forest habitats....
    
    
  • Hispaniolan Greater Funnel-eared Bat, Natalus majo
  • Mexican Greater Funnel-eared Bat, Natalus mexicanus
  • Cuban Greater Funnel-eared Bat, Natalus primus
  • Mexican Funnel-eared Bat
    Mexican Funnel-eared Bat
    The Mexican Funnel-eared Bat, Natalus stramineus, is a bat species from the northern Lesser Antilles. The related species N. espiritosantensis is present in Brazil.-References:...
    
    , Natalus stramineus
  • Trinidadian Funnel-eared Bat
    Trinidadian Funnel-eared Bat
    The Trinidadian Funnel-eared Bat is a species of bat in the Natalidae family. It is endemic to Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago and Netherlands Antilles.-References:...
    
    , Natalus tumidirostris
• Genus Nyctiellus
  • Gervais's Funnel-eared Bat
    Gervais's Funnel-eared Bat
    Gervais's Funnel-eared Bat is a species of bat in the Natalidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Nyctiellus. It is found in Bahamas and Cuba....
    
    , Nyctiellus lepidus