Lasiurus borealis

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Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Red Bats spend their days hanging under the protective cover of tree leaves and clumps of Spanish Moss. The area directly beneath the roost must be unobstructed to allow the bats an easy drop at the beginning of their flight. Roosts are usually near a forest edge or body of water . The Red Bat typically roosts at heights of 1.5 - 6.1 m (5 - 20 ft ).

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,333 meters (0 to 10,935 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial

Biology

Diet

Small beetles and moths.

Reproduction

Breeding occurs in autumn, and young are born the following spring . The Red Bat generally has four, more than any other bat in North America. Young are able to fly within 3 to 4 weeks. As with all bats the females carry the young only to move them to another roost. Females roost singly in both species and do not gather with other pregnant females to form a maternity colony ."

Behavior

Various hawks and owls, Blue Jays, and Rat Snakes are known to prey on these bats.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Aug-2004

Similar Species

The Seminole Bat is indistinguishable in body size and shape from the Red Bat, but its fur is usually bright reddish orange to chestnut or rich mahogany brown, rather than the brick or rusty red of a Red Bat. The Northern Yellow Bat is a yellowish brown, and it has fur only on the basal (anterior) one-third to one-half of the dorsal surface of its tail membrane, rather than all the way to the edge as the Hoary Bat and Red Bat do.

Members of the genus Lasiurus

There are approximately 48 species in this genus:

L. atratus · L. blossevillei · L. blossevillii (Western Red Bat) · L. blossevillii teliotis · L. borealis (Eastern Red Bat;red Bat) · L. borealis blossevillii (Eastern Red Bat) · L. borealis borealis · L. borealis minor (Small Hairy-Tailed Bat) · L. borealis pfeifferi · L. borealis salinae · L. borealis teliotis · L. borealis teliotus · L. borealis varius · L. brachyotis (Galapagos Bat) · L. castaneus (Tacarcuna Bat) · L. caudatus · L. cinerea · L. cinereus (Hawaiian Hoary Bat) · L. cinereus cinereus (Hoary Bat) · L. cinereus semotus (Hawaiian Hoary Bat) · L. cinereus villosissimus · L. cinerus · L. ebenus · L. ega (Southern Yellow Bat) · L. ega argentatus · L. ega argentinus · L. ega panamensis · L. ega xanthinus · L. egregius (Big Red Bat) · L. floridanus · L. fossilis · L. grayi · L. hirsutus · L. intermedius (Northern Yellow Bat;eastern Yellow Bat) · L. intermedius floridanus · L. intermedius intermedius (Northern Yellow Bat) · L. maitlandii · L. minor (Little Red Bat) · L. pallescens · L. pearsoni · L. pfeifferi · L. scindicus · L. seminola · L. seminolis · L. seminolus (Seminole Bat) · L. seminolus seminolus (Seminole Bat) · L. sp · L. xanthinus (Western Yellow Bat)

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Further Reading

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• A synopsis of the mammals of North America and the adjacent seas, by Daniel Giraud Elliot... Chicago, [Field Columbia Museum]1901. ENG url p. 14, p. 413.
• Alfred L. Gardner: Includes Lasiurus minor
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 33 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Colección de Mamíferos de Nuevo León, México
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Colección de Mamíferos de la Sierra Volcánica Transversal de México
• Field Museum, Mammal specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University
• , Mammal specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Mammal Collection
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, P. V. Lund collection in ZMUC, Copenhagen
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Mammals
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNMA/Coleccion Nacional de Mamiferos
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
• University of Washington Burke Museum, Mammal Specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2477722
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180016
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13853427
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180016
• IUCN ID: 11347
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMACC05010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1037

Footnotes

1. Mean = 265.600 meters (871.391 feet), Standard Deviation = 417.080 based on 1,535 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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