| Southern red bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Lasiurus |
| Species: | L. blossevillii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lasiurus blossevillii (Lesson and Garnot, 1826) | |
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| Southern red bat range in red | |
Thesouthern red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)[1] is a species ofmicrobat found inSouth America.[2]
Previously, thewestern red bat (L. frantzii) was classified as a subspecies of the southern red bat, but phylogenetic evidence supports it being a distinct species. This has been followed by theAmerican Society of Mammalogists and theITIS.[3][4]
It was named after French explorerJules de Blosseville.[5]
The species is recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador (Galápagos Islands), French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.[1]
