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Lasiurus (Lasiurus) borealis

Description

Lasiurus (Lasiurus) borealis (Müller 1776)

[Vespertilio] borealis Müller 1776, Linne's Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl.: 20.

Type Locality: USA, New York.

Vernacular Names: Eastern Red Bat.

Synonyms: Lasiurus (Lasiurus) funebris Fitzinger 1870; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) noveboracensis Erxleben 1777; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) quebecensis Yourans 1930; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) rubellus Palisot de Beauvois 1796; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) rubra Ord 1815; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) rufus Wardern 1820; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) tesselatus Rafinesque 1818.

Distribution: E North America, Bermuda.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Lasiurus, borealis species group. Does not include blossevillii, frantzii, teliotis, and varius; see Schmidly and Hendricks (1984), Baker et al. (1988 a), and Morales and Bickham (1995). Does not include degelidus (Baker et al., 1988 a) but might include minor. Does not include pfeifferi; see Morales and Bickham (1995). See Shump and Shump (1982 a) but note that they included blossevillii and its synonyms in borealis.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, pp. 451-529 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 458, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Müller
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Lasiurus
Species
borealis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lasiurus (Lasiurus) borealis (Müller, 1776) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Erxleben, J. C. P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates, cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Weygandianis, Lipsiae, 636 pp.
  • Schmidly, D. J., and F. S. Hendricks. 1984. Mammals of the San Carlos Mountains of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Pp. 15 - 69, in Contributions in honor of Robert L. Packard (R. E. Martin and B. R. Chapman, eds.). Special Publication, The Museum, Texas Tech University, 22: 1 - 234.
  • Baker, R. J., J. C. Patton, H. H. Genoways, and J. W. Bickham. 1988 a. Genic studies of Lasiurus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Occasional Papers, The Museum, Texas Tech University, 117: 1 - 15.
  • 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.
  • Shump, K. A., and A. U. Shump. 1982 a. Lasiurus borealis. Mammalian Species, 183: 1 - 6.