Lasiurus minor

G. S. Miller, 1931

Minor 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1931-11-11. The red bats of the Greater Antilles. Journal of Mammalogy 12(4):409-410.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1373770

Original name as described

Lasiurus minor

Type material

USNM:MAMM:256505

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fa50017e-2369-40ce-aa37-38235e381da0

Type locality

" ‘Voute l'Église,' a cave situated near the Jacmel Road a few kilometers north of Trouin, Haiti. Altitude 1350 feet [= 411 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bahamas · Turks and Caicos Islands · Haiti · Dominican Republic · Puerto Rico

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005585

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 minor

G. S. Miller, 1931

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:256505

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fa50017e-2369-40ce-aa37-38235e381da0

Authority page

410

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Baird, Braun, Mares, Morales, Patton, Tran & Bickham (2015:1265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26728)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136627/21987501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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