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. Despite its name, it is native to the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbea ...

(''Natalus stramineus'') found to be

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...

to the

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, forming part of the West Indies in Caribbean, Caribbean region of the Americas. They are distinguished from the larger islands of the Greater Antilles to the west. They form an arc w ...

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 Saba may refer to: Places * Saba (island), an island of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea * Sabá, a municipality in the department of Colón, Honduras * Șaba or Șaba-Târg, the Romanian name for Shabo, a village in Ukraine * Saba, ...

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

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

, a specimen was collected on

Nevis Nevis ( ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute the Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts ...

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

References

Natalus Bats of the Caribbean Fauna of the Lesser Antilles Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{bat-stub