Southern red bat

The southern red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)^[1] is a species of microbat found in South America.^[2]

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

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