Southern red bat

Southern red bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1] (includes frantzii)
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)
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

• Eastern red bat – Lasiurus borealis
• Western red bat – previously considered a subspecies of Lasiurus blossevillii
• Bats of the United States

References

1. Gonzalez, E.; Barquez, R. & Miller, B. (2016). "Lasiurus blossevillii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T88151055A22120040. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T88151055A22120040.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. "Lasiurus blossevillii (Lesson & Garnot, 1826)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 9 February 2022.
3. "Lasiurus frantzii, (W. Peters, 1870)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 12 September 2020.
4. "Lasiurus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 9 February 2022.
5. Bo., Beolens (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-9533-3. OCLC   593239356.

• Arizona Game and Fish species account-Western Red Bat

External links

• Bat Conservation International: Information about the western red bat (desert red bat) Archived 15 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Western bat Working Group website: Accurate information on western red bats
• Nsrl.ttu.ed: western red bat Archived 7 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Earthlink.net: Picture of a red bat + information