Lasiurus atratus

Handley, 1996

Greater Red Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Lasiurini
Genus : Lasiurus
Subgenus : Lasiurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Handley, C.O., Jr. 1996-04-16. New species of mammals from northern South America: Bats of the genera Histiotus Gervais and Lasiurus Gray (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109(1):1-9.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34644632

Original name as described

Lasiurus atratus

Other common names

Handley's Red Bat · Black-winged Red Bat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:93235

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=50ea8578-3a5f-48be-9506-2106ee910b2d

Type locality

"Kaiserberg Airport, Zuid River, Suriname."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005573

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lasiurus atratus

Handley, 1996

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

atratus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:93235

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=50ea8578-3a5f-48be-9506-2106ee910b2d

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34644632

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Lim, Engstrom, Timm, Anderson & Watson (1999:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66384)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Baird, Braun, Mares, Morales, Patton, Tran & Bickham (2015:1265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26728)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29607/22046087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lasiurus attratus

Hoofer & Van Den Bussche, 2003

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

attratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

Hoofer & Van Den Bussche (2003:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1645)

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