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Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Lasiurini
Genus: Lasiurus
Subgenera: L. (Aeorestes) – L. (Dasypterus) – L. (Lasiurus)
Overview of 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 Paywall 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 Open access 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 Open access 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 Open access 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 Paywall 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 Open access Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Hairy-tailed Bats
suomi: Punalepakot

Lasiurus is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. Its members are known as hairy-tailed bats or red bats.[1]
Phylogeny

The following is the relationship of the three genera formerly included within Lasiurus, based on an analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.[2]

M. lucifugus (outgroup)

Lasiurini
Dasypterus

D. xanthinus

D. ega

D. insularis

D. intermedius

Aeorestes

A. egregius

A. villosissimus

A. semotus

A. cinereus

Lasiurus

L. blossevillii

L. frantzii

L. borealis

L. pfeifferi

L. seminolus

Species

The following are the described species in Lasiurus:

Lasiurus arequipae Málaga, Díaz, Arias & Medina, 2020[3] — Arequipa cinnamon red bat
Lasiurus atratus (Handley, 1996) — greater red bat
Southern red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)
Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis)
Tacarcuna bat (Lasiurus castaneus)
Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
Jamaican red bat (Lasiurus degelidus
Hairy-tailed bat (Lasiurus ebenus)
Southern yellow bat (Lasiurus ega)
Big red bat (Lasiurus egregius)
Western red bat (Lasiurus frantzii)
Lasiurus insularis (Lasiurus insularis)
Northern yellow bat (Lasiurus intermedius)
Minor red bat (Lasiurus minor)
Pfeiffer's red bat (Lasiurus pfeifferi)
Seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus)
Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus semotus)
Cinnamon red bat (Lasiurus varius)
South American hoary bat (Lasiurus villosissimus)
Western yellow bat (Lasiurus xanthinus)

References

Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 2 October 2009
Baird, Amy B.; Braun, Janet K.; Engstrom, Mark D.; Holbert, Ashlyn C.; Huerta, Maritza G.; Lim, Burton K.; Mares, Michael A.; Patton, John C.; Bickham, John 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. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1286085B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0186085. PMC 5636129. PMID 29020097.
Málaga, Brian A.; Díaz, Darwin R.; Arias, Sandra; Medina, César E. (2020-03-23). "Una especie nueva de Lasiurus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) del suroeste de Perú". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (in Spanish). 91. doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.3096. ISSN 2007-8706.

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