Lasiurus egregius

(W. C. H. Peters, 1871)

Big 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 : Aeorestes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1871. Eine monographische Übersicht der Chiropterengattungen Nycteris und Atalapha. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870:900-914.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381873

Original name as described

Atalapha egregia

Other common names

Giant Red Bat

Type material

ZMB 3762

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Honduras · Panama · Colombia · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

has been moved from Lasiurus to Aeorestes (previously a synonym of Myotis) by some authors, but this has been a controversial taxonomic opinion within the bat systematics community and the species is retained under Lasiurus here following a recent taxonomic decision published between the MDD and Batnames Database

Taxonomy notes citation

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. · Novaes, R. L. M., Garbino, G. S., Claudio, 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. · Baird, A. B., Braun, J., Engstrom, M., Lim, B., Mares, M., Patton, J., & Bickham, J. (2021). On the utility of taxonomy to reflect biodiversity: the example of Lasiurini (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Therya, 12(2), 283. · Francis, C. M., Simmons, N. B., Van Cakenberghe, V., Upham, N. S., & Burgin, C. J. (2023). On the taxonomy of Lasiurus. Zenodo, 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7696845

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005581

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.

Atalapha egregia

(W. C. H. Peters, 1871)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

egregius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3762

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

912

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381873

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1871:912, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381873) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67090)

Dasypterus egregius

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

egregius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

74

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Lasiurus egregius

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

egregius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

180, 181

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:180, 181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11351/22119870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Aeorestes egregius

(A. B. Baird, J. K. Braun, Mares, J. C. Morales, J. C. Patton, Tran, & Bickham, 2015)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

egregius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1267

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Baird, Braun, Mares, Morales, Patton, Tran & Bickham (2015:1267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26728)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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