Cuban Yellow Bat (extinct) - Extinct Bats - Peter's Bat Map - Where different species of bat live. Inspired by the book Scary Creatures: Bats, by Daniel Gilpin. Map by Peter Hartwell, age 8. (Created with the assistance of Mom, Kathryn Cramer).

Cuban Yellow Bat (extinct)

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

animals

As shown in GONE FOREVER: AN ALPHABET OF EXTINCT ANIMALS by Sanda & William Markle; illustrated by Felipe Davados.

Peter's Bat Map

Where different species of bat live. Inspired by the book Scary Creatures: Bats, by Daniel Gilpin. Map by Peter Hartwell, age 8. (Created with the assistance of Mom, Kathryn Cramer).