| Hairy-tailed bats | |
|---|---|
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| Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Lasiurini |
| Genus: | Lasiurus Gray, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio borealis (Müller, 1776) | |
| Species | |
20, see text. | |
Lasiurus is a genus ofbats in the familyVespertilionidae. Its members are known ashairy-tailed bats orred bats.[1]
The following is the relationship of the three genera formerly included withinLasiurus, based on an analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.[2]
M. lucifugus (outgroup) | |
| Lasiurini | |
The following are the described species inLasiurus: