Lasiurus varius

(Poeppig, 1835)

Cinnamon 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

Poeppig, E.F. 1835. Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome, während der Jahre 1827–1832. Erster Band. Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig, 466 pp.

Original name as described

Nycticeius varius

Other common names

Chilean Red Bat

Type locality

"Antuco," Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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