Cuban Greater Funnel-Eared Bat (Natalus primus) Case Study
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Continent: North America
Country: Cuba
Grant Amount: $5,000
Awarded Date: November 25, 2022
Jose M. de la Cruz Mora
Natural History Museum of Pinar del Río. Center of Research and Environmental Services, ECOVIDA.
Martí 202, esq/ Cdte Pinares
Pinar del Río
Pinar del Río
20100
Cuba
Tel: 53 – 48 - 779483
Mob: 53 54612189
Protecting Natalus primus (Chiroptera, Natalidae) by updating its current status using ecological data collection, acoustic monitoring and social actions.
1. To collect essential baseline ecological information about the species population size, life cycle and habitat requirements to support a conservation status review proposal on the IUCN. 2. To characterize and identify the echolocation call audio stamp of N. primus and its coexisting bat species, to identify habitat occupancy using a not invasive acoustic monitoring. 3. To plan, present and implement in situ and ex situ conservation actions, supported by a not invasive monitoring plan and risk mitigation to protect N. primus and its habitat. 4. To implement a wide-ranging, divulge campaign in schools, local museums, social media and communities in the west of Cuba.
Grant documents
- Contribution to increase knoledge about bat species.
- Didactic book directed to support bat´s conservation and social awareness.
- Natalus primus poster, presented on the Scientific exchange ECOVIDA´s 2023.
- Updated bat conservation management plan, included on the National Park Guanahacabibes conservation strategy 2023-2025.
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