| Hispaniolan greater funnel-eared bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Natalidae |
| Genus: | Natalus |
| Species: | N. major
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| Binomial name | |
| Natalus major (Miller, 1902)
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The Hispaniolan greater funnel-eared bat (Natalus major) is a funnel-eared bat species endemic to the island of Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti) in the Caribbean.[2] First described in 1902, it has a complex taxonomic history, with some authors identifying multiple subspecies, now recognised as the separate species Natalus primus and Natalus jamaicensis, and others considering Natalus major to be itself a subspecies of Natalus stramineus. It lives primarily in caves and feeds on insects.
- ^ Miller, B.; Reid, F. (2016). "Natalus major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136548A21992984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136548A21992984.en. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.