Lasiurus (Vespertilionidae)

Lasurius cinereus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Lasiurini
Genus: Lasiurus
Subgenera (3): L. (Aeorestes) – L. (Dasypterus) – L. (Lasiurus)
Species (20): L. arequipae – L. atratus – L. blossevillii – L. borealis – L. castaneus – L. cinereus – L. degelidus – L. ebenus – L. ega – L. egregius – L. frantzii – L. insularis – L. intermedius – L. minor – L. pfeifferi – L. seminolus – L. semotus – L. varius – L. villosissimus – L. xanthinus

Name

Lasiurus Gray, 1831: 38

• Type species: Vespertilio borealis Müller, 1776, by subsequent designation by Miller & Rehn (1902: 261).

Synonyms

• Nycteris Borkhausen, 1797: 86 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Nycteris Cuvier & Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1795]
  • Type species: Vespertilio noveboracensis Erxleben, 1777.

• Atalapha (Dasypterus) Peters, 1870: 912
  • Type species: Lasiurus intermedius H. Allen, 1862, by subsequent designation.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1831. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Bats. The Zoological Miscellany 37–38. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Morales, J.C. & Bickham, J.W. 1995. Molecular systematics of the genus Lasiurus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) based on restriction-site maps of the mitochondrial ribosomal genes. Journal of Mammalogy 76(3): 730–749. DOI: 10.2307/1382744 Reference page. 
• Baird, A.B., Braun, J.K., Mares, M.A., Morales, J.C., Patton, J.C., Tran, C.Q. & Bickham, J.W. 2015. Molecular systematic revision of tree bats (Lasiurini): doubling the native mammals of the Hawaiian Islands. Journal of Mammalogy 96(6): 1255–1274. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv135 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, A.C., Howarth, F.G. & Simmons, N.B. 2016. A second endemic land mammal for the Hawaiian Islands: a new genus and species of fossil bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). American Museum Novitates 3854: 1–52. hdl: 2246/6641 Reference page. 
• Baird, A.B., Braun, J.K., Engstrom, M.D., Holbert, A.C., Huerta, M.G., Lim, B.K., Mares, M.A., Patton, J.C. & Bickham, J.W. 2017. Nuclear and mtDNA phylogenetic analyses clarify the evolutionary history of two species of native Hawaiian bats and the taxonomy of Lasiurini (Mammalia: Chiroptera). PloS ONE 12(10): e0186085. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186085 Reference page. 
• Novaes, R.L.M., Garbino, G.S.T., Cláudio, V.C. & Moratelli, R. 2018. Separation of monophyletic groups into distinct genera should consider phenotypic discontinuities: the case of Lasiurini (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa 4379(3): 439–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.3.8 Reference page. 
• Málaga, B.A., Díaz, D.R., Arias, S. & Medina, C.E. 2020. Una especie nueva de Lasiurus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) del suroeste de Perú. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 91(e913096): 1–14. DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.3096 Reference page. 
• Baird, A.B., Braun, J., Engstrom, M.D., Lim, B.K., Mares, M.A., Patton, J.C. & Bickham, J.W. 2021. On the utility of taxonomy to reflect biodiversity: the example of Lasiurini (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Therya 12(2): 283–289. DOI: 10.12933/therya-21-1117 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Hairy-tailed Bats
• suomi: Punalepakot