Lasiurus
Lasiurus is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. Its members are known as hairy-tailed bats or red bats.[1]
| Hairy-tailed bats | |
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| Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Lasiurini |
| Genus: | Lasiurus Gray, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio borealis (Müller, 1776) | |
| Species | |
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12, see text. | |
Phylogeny
The following is the relationship of the three genera formerly included within Lasiurus, based on an analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.[2]
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Species
There are currently 12 described species in Lasiurus:
- Lasiurus arequipae Málaga, Díaz, Arias & Medina, 2020[3] — Arequipa cinnamon red bat
- Lasiurus atratus (Handley, 1996)— greater red bat
- Lasiurus borealis (Müller, 1776) — eastern red bat
- Lasiurus castaneus (Handley, 1960) — Tacarcuna bat
- Lasiurus degelidus (Miller, 1931)— Jamaican red bat
- Lasiurus ebenus (Fazzolari-Correa, 1994) — hairy-tailed bat
- Lasiurus frantzii — western red bat
- Lasiurus minor (Miller, 1931)— minor red bat
- Lasiurus pfeifferi (Gundlach, 1861)— Pfeiffer's red bat
- Lasiurus salinae (Thomas, 1902)— saline red bat
- Lasiurus seminolus (Rhoads, 1895) — Seminole bat
- Lasiurus varius — cinnamon red bat
References
- Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 2 October 2009
- Baird, Amy B.; Braun, Janet K.; Engstrom, Mark D.; Holbert, Ashlyn C.; Huerta, Maritza G.; Lim, Burton K.; Mares, Michael A.; Patton, John C.; Bickham, John W. (2017). "Nuclear and mtDNA phylogenetic analyses clarify the evolutionary history of two species of native Hawaiian bats and the taxonomy of Lasiurini (Mammalia: Chiroptera)". PLOS ONE. 12 (10): e0186085. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1286085B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0186085. PMC 5636129. PMID 29020097.
- Málaga, Brian A.; Díaz, Darwin R.; Arias, Sandra; Medina, César E. (2020-03-23). "Una especie nueva de Lasiurus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) del suroeste de Perú". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (in Spanish). 91 (0). doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.3096. ISSN 2007-8706.
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