South American hoary bat

South American hoary bat
Scientific classification
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
Vespertilio villosissimus Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806 Aeorestes cinereus villosissimus(Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806) Lasiurus cinereus villosissimus(Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1806)

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. 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. Simmons, Nancy; Cirranello, A.L. (2020). "at Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database". Bats of the Word: A taxonomic and Geographic Database. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
3. Gardner, A. L. (2008). Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. Vol. 1. University of Chicago Press. p. 463. ISBN   978-0226282428.