| Southern red bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Lasiurus |
| Species: | L. blossevillii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lasiurus blossevillii (Lesson and Garnot, 1826) | |
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| Southern red bat range in red | |
The southern red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii) [1] is a species of microbat found in South America. [2]
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]
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]
