''Lasiurus'' is a genus of
bats
Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...
in the family
Vespertilionidae
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 familie ...
. 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 analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.
Species
The following are the described species in ''Lasiurus'':
* ''
Lasiurus arequipae''
— Arequipa cinnamon red bat
* ''
Lasiurus atratus''
(Handley, 1996) — greater red bat
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Southern red bat (''Lasiurus blossevillii'')
*
Eastern Red Bat (''Lasiurus borealis'')
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Tacarcuna bat (''Lasiurus castaneus'')
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Hoary bat
The hoary bat (''Lasiurus cinereus'') is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It lives throughout most of North America (and possibly also in Hawaii, although this is disputed).
Taxonomy
The hoary bat was described as ...
(''Lasiurus cinereus'')
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Jamaican red bat (''Lasiurus degelidus''
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Hairy-tailed bat (''Lasiurus ebenus'')
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Southern yellow bat (''Lasiurus ega'')
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Big red bat (''Lasiurus egregius'')
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Western red bat (''Lasiurus frantzii'')
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Lasiurus insularis (''Lasiurus insularis'')
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Northern yellow bat (''Lasiurus intermedius'')
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Minor red bat (''Lasiurus minor'')
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Pfeiffer's red bat (''Lasiurus pfeifferi'')
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Seminole bat (''Lasiurus seminolus'')
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Hawaiian hoary bat (''Lasiurus semotus'')
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Cinnamon red bat (''Lasiurus varius'')
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South American hoary bat (''Lasiurus villosissimus'')
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Western yellow bat (''Lasiurus xanthinus'')
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q116317
Bat genera
Vesper bats
Taxa named by John Edward Gray