''Lasiurus'' is a genus of

bats Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". 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 bir ...

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 famili ...

. 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

There are currently 13 described species in ''Lasiurus'': * '' Lasiurus arequipae'' — Arequipa cinnamon red bat * '' Lasiurus atratus'' (Handley, 1996) — greater red bat * '' Lasiurus blossevillii'' (Lesson and Garnot, 1826) — southern red bat * '' Lasiurus borealis'' ( Müller, 1776) — eastern red bat * '' Lasiurus castaneus'' (Handley, 1960) — Tacarcuna bat * '' Lasiurus degelidus'' (Miller, 1931) — Jamaican red bat * '' Lasiurus ebenus'' (Fazzolari-Correa, 1994) — hairy-tailed bat * '' Lasiurus frantzii'' — western red bat * '' Lasiurus minor'' (Miller, 1931)— minor red bat * '' Lasiurus pfeifferi'' ( Gundlach, 1861)— Pfeiffer's red bat * '' Lasiurus salinae'' (Thomas, 1902)— saline red bat * ''

Lasiurus seminolus The Seminole bat (''Lasiurus seminolus'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. Taxonomy The Seminole bat was first described in 1895 by Samuel N. Rhoads. The holotype had been collected in Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1892 by Wi ...

'' (Rhoads, 1895) — Seminole bat * '' Lasiurus varius'' — cinnamon red bat

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q116317 Bat genera Vesper bats Taxa named by John Edward Gray