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The 'funnel-eared bats' are a family of bats in the family 'Natalidae'. The family comprises only one a single genus, '''Natalus'''. Four species, all native to Central America and South America, belong to this genus:

★ Gervais's funnel-eared bat (''N. lepidus'')

★ Cuban funnel-eared bat (''N. micropus'')

★ Mexican funnel-eared bat (''N. stramineus'')

★ Bahaman funnel-eared bat (''N. turmidifrons'')
The genus Natalus was defined by Gray in 1838.