Pfeiffer's red bat (''Lasiurus pfeifferi'') is a species of
bat from the family
Vespertilioninae
The Vespertilioninae are a subfamily of vesper bats from the family Vespertilionidae.
Classification
Subfamily Vespertilioninae
*Tribe Antrozoini
**Genus '' Antrozous''
*** Pallid bat, ''Antrozous pallidus''
**Genus ''Bauerus''
***Van Gelder ...
and is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
.
It is listed as
Near Threatened
A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify fo ...
by the
IUCN Red List
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due to a significant population decline, caused by human population density on its endemic island, habitat conversion, and hurricanes.
The species is likely insectivorous; fecal matter samples from a single bat contained only beetles.
It may be a subspecies of the
Seminole bat
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 W ...
.
See also
*
Seminole bat
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 W ...
References
Lasiurus
Bats of the Caribbean
Endemic fauna of Cuba
Mammals of Cuba
Near threatened fauna of North America
Taxa named by Juan Gundlach
Mammals described in 1861
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