Biology:South American hoary bat

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South American hoary bat
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Lasiurus
Species:
L. villosissimus
Binomial name
Lasiurus villosissimus
(Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806)[1]
Synonyms
  • (Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806) Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806
  • Aeorestes cinereus villosissimus Vespertilio villosissimus
  • (Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806) Lasiurus cinereus villosissimus

The South American hoary bat (Lasiurus villosissimus)[2] is a species of vesper bat found in South America.

Taxonomy

Prior to 2015, the South American hoary bat was recognized as a subspecies of the hoary bat, A. cinereus.[2][1]

Range

The South American hoary bat is found in the following South American countries: Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil , and Argentina .[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Baird, Amy B.; Braun, Janet K.; Mares, Michael A.; Morales, Juan Carlos; Patton, John C.; Tran, Christina Q.; Bickham, John W. (2015). "Molecular systematic revision of tree bats (Lasiurini): Doubling the native mammals of the Hawaiian Islands". Journal of Mammalogy 96 (6): 1255–1274. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyv135. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Simmons, Nancy; Cirranello, A.L. (2020). "at Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database". https://batnames.org/. 
  3. Gardner, A. L. (2008). Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. 1. University of Chicago Press. p. 463. ISBN 978-0226282428. https://books.google.com/books?id=dbU3d7EUCm8C. 


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