Lasiurus ega argentinus

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 183 meters (600 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Mammalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Theriiformes () - (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Infraclass: Holotheria () - (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida () - (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Supercohort: Theria () - (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Cohort: Placentalia () - (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Magnorder: Epitheria () - (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superorder: Preptotheria () - (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
        Grandorder: Archonta () - (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
        Order: Chiroptera () - Blumenbach, 1779
        Suborder: Microchiroptera () - Dobson, 1875
        Infraorder: Yangochiroptera () - Koopman, 1984
        Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea () - (Gray, 1821) Gill, 1872
        Family: Vespertilionidae () - Gray, 1821
        Subfamily: Vespertilioninae ()
        Tribe: Lasiurini ()
        Genus: Lasiurus () - Gray, 1831
        Specific name: ega
        Subspecies: argentinus
        Scientific name: - Lasiurus ega argentinus

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Lasiurus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. blossevillii (Western Red Bat) · L. borealis (Eastern Red Bat;red Bat) · L. borealis blossevillii (Eastern Red Bat) · L. borealis minor (Small Hairy-Tailed Bat) · L. brachyotis (Galapagos Bat) · L. castaneus (Tacarcunan Bat) · L. cinereus (Hawaiian Hoary Bat) · L. cinereus cinereus (Hoary Bat) · L. cinereus semotus (Hawaiian Hoary Bat) · L. degelidus (Jamaican Red Bat) · L. ega (Southern Yellow Bat) · L. egregius (Big Red Bat) · L. insularis (Cuban Yellow Bat) · L. intermedius (Northern Yellow Bat;eastern Yellow Bat) · L. intermedius intermedius (Northern Yellow Bat) · L. minor (Little Red Bat) · L. pfeifferi (Pfeiffer's Red Bat) · L. seminolus (Seminole Bat) · L. seminolus seminolus (Seminole Bat) · L. varius (Cinnamon Red Bat) · L. xanthinus (Western Yellow Bat)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 07, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6244215
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 643550

Footnotes

Standard Deviation = 307.360 based on 9 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]