Cuban Yellow Bat (extinct)

Category: Extinct Bats

Cuban Yellow Bat (Natalus primus)

never oberved by Europeans; fossils from Daquiri contemporary with indigenous artifacts indicate survival into colonial era, possibly until mid-16th Century

island montane forest insectivore endemic to Cuba

fossil specimens in London

disappeared before significant human deforestation; possibly following destruction of habitat by hurricanes

References:

Allen, G. M. Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere QL715.A44 1942 p.29

Nilsson, G. The Endangered Species Handbook QL82.N55 1983 ISBN 0-938-424-09-7 p.211