Biology:Southern red bat

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Short description: Species of bat

Southern red bat
Western Red Bat imported from iNaturalist photo 7300858 on 9 February 2022.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] (includes frantzii)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Lasiurus
Species:
L. blossevillii
Binomial name
Lasiurus blossevillii
(Lesson and Garnot, 1826)
Distribution of Lasiurus blossevillii.png
Southern red bat range in red

The southern red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)[1] is a species of microbat found in South America.[2]

Taxonomy

Previously, the western red bat (L. frantzii) was classified as a subspecies of the southern red bat, but phylogenetic evidence supports it being a distinct species. This has been followed by the American Society of Mammalogists and the ITIS.[3][4]

It was named after French explorer Jules de Blosseville.[5]

Distribution

The species is recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador (Galápagos Islands), French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.[1]

See also

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q302715 entry