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Jamaican Greater Funnel-Eared Bat
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Fixing the Problem
Habitat
Funnel-eared bats are found in a "hot cave" in Central Jamaica, St. Clair Cave
- Currently there is nothing being done.
- "Invasive predator control measures at St. Clair Cave, this bat’s only known roost site, are an urgent conservation priority. Unfortunately, with the exception of Windsor Great Cave in the Jamaican Cockpit Country, no cave in Jamaica, including St. Clair Cave, receives any form of official protection."
- Difficult to find due to the limited number of suitable caves or suitable vegetation appropriate for roosting
They are found in this cave because with its poor ventilation and almost constant high temperatures and humidity, make it the perfect living condition for them.
Jamaican Greater
Funnel-Eared Bat
By: Cassi Escamilla
The Cause
Description
In the St. Clair Cave in Jamaica there is a population of feral cats, they are predators on the bats, these bats are very vulnerable because they stay low on the walls
- Weight 4-10g
- Funnel-like ears
- Their tail is about as long as their head and torso
- Their fur is soft and is usually grey to yellowish, with a faint light-colored band across the shoulders
- Has a moth-like flutter
Species Population
Funnel-Eared Bat
- They are always roosting in groups scattered at the lower parts of the caves (about 1 m above the ground)
- They eat insects and other bugs they can find in the vegetation in the cave
- pregnancy, lasts approximately ten months. Offspring are born weighing more than 50 percent of the mother's weight.
- The few living species left are found in St. Clair Cave
- There are recent recordings of fossils in local caves
- Less then 100 bats left, and the number is only decreasing
- Classified as a Critically Endangered Species
Works Cited
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=1399
http://animals.jrank.org/pages/2886/Funnel-Eared-Bats-Natalidae-FUNNEL-EARED-BAT-Natalus-stramineus-SPECIES-ACCOUNT.html
photo credit Nasa / Goddard Space Flight Center / Reto Stöckli