Lasiurus villosissimus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806)

Southern Hoary 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

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1806. Mémoire sur le genre et les espèces de Vespertilion, l'un des genres de la famille des chauve-souris. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 8:187-205.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407874

Original name as described

Vespertilio villosissimus

Type locality

"Paraguay." Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Asunción, Paraguay.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Galápagos Islands · Peru · Bolivia · Paraguay · Brazil · Uruguay · Argentina · Chile

Taxonomy notes

split from A. cinereus; 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/1005590

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 pallescens

(W. C. H. Peters, 1871)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 595

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

910

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381871

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1871:910, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67090)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Atalapha Grayi

(W. C. H. Peters, 1871)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

grayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

910

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381871

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1871:910, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67090)

Lasiurus pallescens

J. A. Allen, 1900

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

94

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1900:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15962)

Lasiurus cinereus villosissimus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

villosissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Aeorestes villosissimus brasiliensis

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

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1267

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Baird, Braun, Mares, Morales, Patton, Tran & Bickham (2015:1267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26728)

Aeorestes villosissimus grayi

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

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

grayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1267

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Baird, Braun, Mares, Morales, Patton, Tran & Bickham (2015:1267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26728)

Aeorestes villosissimus pallescens

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

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1267

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Baird, Braun, Mares, Morales, Patton, Tran & Bickham (2015:1267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26728)

Aeorestes villosissimus

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

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

villosissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1266

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Baird, Braun, Mares, Morales, Patton, Tran & Bickham (2015:1266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26728)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Aeorestes villosissimus villosissimus

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

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

villosissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1267

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Baird, Braun, Mares, Morales, Patton, Tran & Bickham (2015:1267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26728)

Lasiurus villosissimus brasiliensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

875

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Lasiurus villosissimus pallescens

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

875

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Lasiurus villosissimus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

villosissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

875

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Lasiurus villosissimus villosissimus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

villosissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

875

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Vespertilio villosissimus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

villosissimus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407874

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Desmarest (1821:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  4. Lesson (1827:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  6. Schinz (1844:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Lasiurus Grayi

Tomes, 1857

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

grayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451147

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Atalapha cinerea brasiliensis

(Pira, 1905)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9902709

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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