Natalus primus (Chiroptera: Natalidae), from Las Anemolitas Cave, Gibara, East of Cuba
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It is registered as a subfossil of the endemic bat species Natalus primus Anthony, 1919, on the basis of a skull recovered on the floor of the Salón de los Megalitos, from the cave Las Anemolitas, municipality of Gibara, in the north of eastern Cuba. The specimen referred here was compared with cranial materials of other Cuban bats, with analysis of qualitative and quantitative characters, as well as with measurements, photos, and existing drawings in the bibliography. This nataleid is currently extirpated in most of the Cuban territory, with only a relict population in a cave in the western end of the archipelago. The present finding of N. primus demonstrates the diversity of Chiroptera that once existed in the region where the fossil deposit treated here is located.
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Natalus primus, fossil record, Las Anemolitas Cave, Cupeicillo, Gibara, Cuba
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