Lasiurus
Genus of bats
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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 | |
|---|---|
| |
| 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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20, 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]
Species
The following are the described species in Lasiurus:
- Lasiurus arequipae Málaga, Díaz, Arias & Medina, 2020[3] — Arequipa cinnamon red bat
- Lasiurus atratus (Handley, 1996) — greater red bat
- Southern red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)
- Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis)
- Tacarcuna bat (Lasiurus castaneus)
- Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
- Jamaican red bat (Lasiurus degelidus)
- Hairy-tailed bat (Lasiurus ebenus)
- Southern yellow bat (Lasiurus ega)
- Big red bat (Lasiurus egregius)
- Western red bat (Lasiurus frantzii)
- Lasiurus insularis (Lasiurus insularis)
- Northern yellow bat (Lasiurus intermedius)
- Minor red bat (Lasiurus minor)
- Pfeiffer's red bat (Lasiurus pfeifferi)
- Seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus)
- Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus semotus)
- Cinnamon red bat (Lasiurus varius)
- South American hoary bat (Lasiurus villosissimus)
- Western yellow bat (Lasiurus xanthinus)