The Lesser Antillean funnel-eared bat (''Natalus stramineus stramineus'') is a subspecies of the

Mexican funnel-eared bat The Mexican funnel-eared bat (''Natalus stramineus'') is a bat species native to the Caribbean. Description The Mexican funnel-eared bat has very distinct funnel shaped ears, hence its name. The ears tilt forward, and the face has a triangular ...

(''Natalus stramineus'') found to be

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc betwe ...

islands of the

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. The subspecies was first described by George Gilbert Goodwin in his 1959 book ''Bats of the subgenus Natalus'',Goodwin, G.G. 1959. ''Bats of the subgenus Natalus''. ''American Museum Novitates'', issue #1977. and then a study in 1997 used genetic data to further confirm a separate species in the Antillean islands.Arroyo-Cabrales ''et al.''. 1997. ''Genetic variation of mainland and island populations of Natalus stramineus''. Occasional Papers of the Museum, Texas Tech University. The species is listed as endemic to Saba by

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. Retrieved 9 November 2018. although they have been sighted in

Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ...

, a specimen was collected on Nevis in 2001,Genoways, Hugh ''et al.'' 2003.
Bats of Nevis, Northern Lesser Antilles
''Acta Chiropterologica'', issue 5(2), pg. 251-267. and remains were collected on

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in 2002.Genoways, Hugh ''et al.''. 2007
Bats of Saint Martin, French West Indies/Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
''Mastozoologia Neotropical'', issue 14(2).

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