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The southern red bat (''Lasiurus blossevillii'') is a species of
microbat Microbats constitute the suborder Microchiroptera within the order Chiroptera ( bats). Bats have long been differentiated into Megachiroptera (megabats) and Microchiroptera, based on their size, the use of echolocation by the Microchiroptera an ...
found in
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
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Taxonomy

Previously, the
western red bat The western red bat or desert red bat (''Lasiurus frantzii'') is a species of microbat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in western North America and Central America. Taxonomy Previously, it was believed to be a subspecies of the ...
(''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 The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was founded in 1919. Its primary purpose is to encourage the study of mammals, and professions studying them. There are over 4,500 members of this society, and they are primarily professional scientists ...
and the
ITIS The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. ITIS was originally formed in 1996 as an interagen ...
. It was named after French explorer
Jules de Blosseville Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). It is the given name of: People with the name *Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer *Jules Abadie (1876–195 ...
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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.


See also

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Eastern red bat The eastern red bat (''Lasiurus borealis'') is a species of microbat in the family Vespertilionidae. Eastern red bats are widespread across eastern North America, with additional records in Bermuda. Taxonomy and etymology It was described in 1 ...
— ''Lasiurus borealis'' *
Western red bat The western red bat or desert red bat (''Lasiurus frantzii'') is a species of microbat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in western North America and Central America. Taxonomy Previously, it was believed to be a subspecies of the ...
– previously considered a subspecies of ''Lasiurus blossevillii'' *
Bats of the United States Most of the many bat species found in the United States are insectivorous except for three flower eating species that migrate from Mexico and one that inhabits the Florida Keys. __TOC__ Species Bats belong to the biological order of Chiropt ...


References


Arizona Game and Fish species account-Western Red Bat


External links


Bat Conservation International: Information about the western red bat (desert red bat)Western bat Working Group website: Accurate information on western red bats
{{Taxonbar, from=Q302715 Lasiurus Bats of North America Bats of Central America Bats of South America Bats of Brazil Bats of Mexico Bats of the United States Bats of the Caribbean Mammals of Argentina Mammals of Canada Mammals of Colombia Mammals of Ecuador Mammals of French Guiana Mammals of Guyana Mammals of Paraguay Mammals of Peru Mammals of Suriname Mammals of Trinidad and Tobago Mammals of Uruguay Mammals of Venezuela Fauna of the Amazon Fauna of the Western United States Fauna of California Fauna of the Rocky Mountains Fauna of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Mammals described in 1826