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Hispaniolan greater funnel-eared bat
The Hispaniolan greater funnel-eared bat (''Natalus major'') is a species of funnel-eared bat found on the island of Hispaniola. 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.
==Taxonomy==
The Hispaniolan greater funnel-eared bat was first described scientifically in 1902 by Gerrit Miller as ''Natulus major''. The holotype was the skin and skull of a male preserved in alcohol, which was collected "near Savanata",〔Tejedor, Tavares and Silva-Taboada 2005, p. 4.〕 presumed to mean Sabaneta.〔Tejedor, Tavares and Silva-Taboada 2005, p. 21.〕 The Cuban greater funnel-eared bat (''Natalus primus''), described in 1919, has been considered a subspecies of ''N. major'': ''N. major primus'', but is now recognised as a different species by the IUCN. Similarly, ''N. major jamaicensis'', described in 1959, is now recognised as a distinct species: ''Natalus jamaicensis''. Previous reports of ''Natalus'' on the island had also been referred considered ''Natulus major''.〔
The genus ''Natalus'' was traditionally placed into three subgenera: ''Natalus'', ''Chilonatalus'' and ''Nyctielleus''.〔Tejedor, Tavares and Silva-Taboada 2005, p. 2.〕 Within this taxonomy, the ''N. major'' was placed in the subgenus ''Natalus'', along with the genus's type species the ''N. stramineus'' and ''N. tumidirostris''.〔 However, morphological analyses in the 2000s supported promoting the subgenera to generic status.〔 The genus is characterised by the large, bell-shaped and face-covering natalid organ, by features of the ears and by osteological differences between it and its relatives. ''N. major'' can be distinguished from other members of its genus by its larger size and differing distribution.〔 However, some authors have argued that the ''N. major'' should be considered conspecific with the ''N. stramineus'', and conservative estimations that some or all Natalidae species were in fact forms of ''N. stramineus'' were common.〔Tejedor, Tavares and Silva-Taboada 2005, p. 3.〕 Recent studies which have included ''N. major'' within ''N. stramineus'' include those by Hugh Genoways and colleagues, supported by a later paper which claimed that there were no "structural" differences between the populations.〔 A 2005 study conducted by Adrian Tejedor and colleagues concluded the three populations of ''Natalus'' were distinct to a degree that they should be considered separate species, and so the author offered new descriptions of the three.〔Tejedor, Tavares and Silva-Taboada 2005, p. 4.〕
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