Natalidae Gray 1866

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Natalidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 430-432 : 430

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11333011
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scientific name	Natalidae Gray 1866
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Treatment

Natalidae Gray 1866 View in CoL

Natalidae Gray 1866 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 17: 90.

Genera: 3 genera with 8 species:

Genus Chilonatalus Miller 1898 (2 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Natalus Gray 1838 (5 species with 9 subspecies)

Genus Nyctiellus Gervais 1855 (1 species)

Discussion: Many recent authors have considered Natalidae to be monogeneric, but see Morgan (1989 b) and Morgan and Czaplewski (2003), who raised Nyctiellus and Chilonatalus to genus rank.