''Dasypterus'' is a genus of or subgenus of

vesper bat Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...

. As a genus, it includes species that were formerly in the genus ''

Lasiurus ''Lasiurus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. Its members are known as hairy-tailed bats or red bats. Phylogeny The following is the relationship of the three genera formerly included within ''Lasiurus'', based on an analysi ...

''. Collectively, members of ''Dasypterus'' are referred to as the yellow bats.

Taxonomy

Based on genetic divergence within ''

'', Baird et al. recommended that the hoary bats be recognized as a separate genus, '' Aeorestes''. They additionally recommended that ''Dasypterus'' should be elevated from a

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to a genus as well. However, as ''Lasiurus'' was previously

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, some authors see the creation of two new genera—''Aeorestes'' and ''Dasypterus''—as a solution to something that was not a problem. Teta advocated using ''Aeorestes'' as a subgenus and retaining the usage of ''Dasypterus'' as such. In a 2017 follow-up to their 2015 study, Baird et al. again expressed that ''Aeorestes'', ''Dasypterus'', and ''Lasiurus'' should be separate genera comprising the

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Lasiurini. They stated that the genetic distance of the three genera was much greater than observed between other bat genera, on average. In contrast to the average of 12.0% inter-generic divergence reported from another study on bats, ''Aeorestes'' and ''Dasypterus'' varied 18.79%; ''Aeorestes'' and ''Lasiurus'' varied 19.05%; and ''Dasypterus'' and ''Lasiurus'' varied 19.79%.

Species

The genus consists of the following four species: *

Southern yellow bat The southern yellow bat (''Dasypterus ega'') is a species of vesper bat that belongs to suborder microchiroptera (microbat) in the family Vespertilionidae. It is native to South, North and Central America, from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas i ...

(''Dasypterus ega'') * Cuban yellow bat (''Dasypterus insularis'') *

Northern yellow bat The northern yellow bat (''Dasypterus intermedius'') is a non-migratory bat in the family Vespertilionidae, typically active year-round except during abnormally frigid winter weather, during which they will induce torpor. Description The norther ...

(''Dasypterus intermedius'') * Western yellow bat (''Dasypterus xanthinus'')

References

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q19713822 Bat genera Lasiurini Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters