Lasiurus Gray, 1831. Zool. Misc. 1: 38.
Vespertilio borealis Müller, 1776
SUBGENUS Aeorestes Fitzinger, 1870. Sitz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Mat.-Nat. Classe Wien 62: 427.
Aeorestes villosissimus E. Geoffroy, 1806
Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796).
Cat. Raisonne Mus. Peale Phil. p. 18.
Hoary Bat
Lasiurus egregius (Peters, 1870).
Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1870: 275.
Big Red Bat
Lasiurus semotus (H. Allen, 1890).
Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 13(1890): 173.
Hawaiian Hoary Bat
Atalapha semota
USA, Sandwich Islands [Hawai'i]
Hawai'i (USA)
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Not Evaluated (raised from synonymy).
References:
Allen, H. 1890. Description of a new species of bat, Atalapha semota. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 13(807): 173–175. Read article.
Baird, A.B., J.K. Braun, M.A. Mares, J.C. Morales, J.C. Patton, C.Q. Tran, J.W. Bickham. 2015. Molecular systematic revision of tree bats (Lasiurini): doubling the native mammals of the Hawaiian Islands. Journal of Mammalogy 96(6): 1255-1274. Read article.
Baird, A.B., J.K. Braun, M.D. Engstrom, A.C. Holbert, M.G. Huerta, B.K. Lim, M.A. Mares, J.C. Patton, and J.W. Bickham 2017. Nuclear and mtDNA phylogenetic analyses clarify the evolutionary history of two species of native Hawaiian bats and the taxonomy of Lasiurini (Mammalia: Chiroptera). PloS one 12(10): e0186085. Read article.
Lyon, M.W., and W.H. Osgood. 1909. Catalogue of the type-specimens of mammals in the United States National Museum, including the Biological Survey Collection. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 62(): 1-325. Read article.
Miller, G.S., Jr. 1924. Note on the lectotype of Lasiurus semotus (H. Allen). Journal of Mammalogy 20(3): 369. Read article.
Morales, J.C., and J.W. Bickham. 1995. Molecular systematics of the genus Lasiurus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) based on restriction-site maps of the mitochondrial ribosomal genes. Journal of Mammalogy 76: 730-749. Read abstract.
Russell, A.L., C.A. Pinzari, M.J. Vonhof, K.J. Olival, and F.J. Bonaccorso. 2015. Two tickets to paradise: multiple dispersal events in the founding of hoary bat populations in Hawai'i. PLoS One 10(6): e0127912. Read article.
Sanborn, C.C., and J.A. Crespo. 1957. El murciélago blanquizco (Lasiurus cinereus) y sus subspeciés. Boletín del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" 4: 1-13. Not available online..
Lasiurus villosissimus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806.
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8(1806): 204.
Hairy Hoary Bat
SUBGENUS Dasypterus Peters, 1870. Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1870: 912.
Lasiurus intermedius H. Allen, 1862
Lasiurus ega (Gervais, 1856).
In F. Comte de Castelnau, Exped. Partes Cen. Am. Sud. Zool. (Sec. 7) Vol. 1, pt. 2 (Mammifères): 73.
Southern Yellow Bat
Lasiurus insularis Hall & Jones, 1961.
Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 14: 85.
Cuban Yellow Bat
Lasiurus intermedius H. Allen, 1862.
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 14: 246.
Northern Yellow Bat
Lasiurus xanthinus Thomas, 1897.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, 20: 544.
Western Yellow Bat
SUBGENUS Lasiurus Gray, 1831. Zool. Misc. 1: 38.
Vespertilio borealis Müller, 1776
Lasiurus arequipae Málaga, Díaz, Arias & Medina, 2020.
Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 91(2020): 4.
Arequipa Cinnamon Bat
Peru, Departmento de Arequipa, Provincia de Castilla, Huatiapa, 11.5 km north of Aplao
SW Peru
CITES - Not Listed (new species). IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
Subgenus Lasiurus. Echolocation calls described by Ugarte-Núñez (2020). See Portugal-Zegarra et al. (2022) for a review.
References:
Málaga, B. A., D.R. Díaz, S. Arias, and C.E. Medina. 2020. Una especie nueva de Lasiurus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) del suroeste de Perú. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 91(e913096): 1-14. Read article.
Portugal-Zegarra, G., G. Calizaya-Mamani, P. Sánchez-Vendizú, M. Flores-Quispe, and J. Ugarte-Núñez. 2022. Distribution extension of Lasiurus arequipae Málaga, Díaz, Arias & Medina, 2020 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) and contributions to its natural history. Check List 18(4): 907-918. Read article.
Ugarte, J. 2020. Clave de identificación por ecolocación de 20 especies de murciélagos del suroeste de Perú. Ciencia y Desarrollo 27: 37-48. Read article.
Lasiurus atratus Handley, 1996.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 109: 5.
Handley's Red Bat
Lasiurus blossevillii (Lesson & Garnot, 1826).
Ferussac's Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol. 8: 95.
Southern Red Bat
Lasiurus borealis (Müller, 1776).
Linné's Vollstand. Natursystem, Suppl. p. 20.
Eastern Red Bat
Lasiurus castaneus Handley, 1960.
Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 112: 468.
Tacarcunan Bat
Lasiurus degelidus Miller, 1931.
J. Mammal. 12: 410.
Jamaican Red Bat
Lasiurus ebenus Fazzolari-Corrěa, 1994.
Mammalia 58: 119.
Blackish Red Bat
Lasiurus frantzii Peters, 1871.
Zeitschrift für ges. Naturschft. 36(1870): 531.
Desert Red Bat
Lasiurus minor Miller, 1931.
J. Mammal. 12: 410.
Minor Red Bat
Lasiurus pfeifferi (Gundlach, 1861).
Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin 1861: 152.
Pfeiffer's Red Bat
Lasiurus seminolus (Rhoads, 1895).
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 47: 32.
Seminole Bat
Lasiurus varius Poeppig, 1835.
Reis. Chilie, Peru, und Amaz. 1: 451.
Cinnamon Red Bat
Distinct from cinereus; see Baird et al. (2015, 2017); but see also Sanborn and Crespo (1957), Morales and Bickham (1995), and Russell et al. (2015). Lectotype designated by Lyon and Osgood (1909). See also Allen (1890) and Miller (1924).