Hairtail bats
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Ice gray bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) |
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The hair- tailed bats or red bats ( Lasiurus ) are a genus of the smooth-nosed family (Vespertilionidae), whose representatives are native to North and South America.
The generic name Lasiurus is Greek and means "hairy tail".
description
The hairtail bats have a head-to-tail length of 50-90 mm and a forearm length of 37-58 mm. Adults weigh 6–30 g, with the females being slightly larger than the males. The fur of red bats is usually reddish in color. The tips of the hair are mostly white and the coat is noticeably long and dense.
Way of life
The hair-tailed bats, like most bats, are nocturnal and feed on insects. Some species are known to migrate in autumn and spring . The populations of Canada and the northern United States are moving to more southern regions of North America. Depending on the region, the animals hibernate . During the migration, the otherwise solitary red bats often form large groups, whereby the females can also gather in small groups of up to 50 animals in so-called nurseries in summer. In temperate regions, the animals mate in autumn. The females store the sperm in their sexual organs through the winter. The ovulation takes place in April and May, after which the egg is fertilized by the stored sperm. In May to July, the females give birth to 1–5 blind, naked young animals each time. The representatives of the genus of red bats are among the only bats that usually give birth to more than 2 young animals per litter.
Types and distribution
16 species are currently recognized by the IUCN and in Mammal Species of the World : Another species was added in March 2020.
- Lasiurus arequipae - southern Peru
- Great red bat or Handley's red bat ( Lasiurus atratus ) - Venezuela to French Guiana
- Western red bat ( Lasiurus blossevillii ) - southern Canada to central Argentina and the Galapagos
- Red Bat or Eastern Red Bat ( Lasiurus borealis ) - United States east of the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico
- Panama bat ( Lasiurus castaneus ) - Panama and Colombia
- Ice-gray bat or white-gray bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) - Canada to Argentina
- Jamaican bat ( Lasiurus degelidus ) - Jamaica
- Brazilian hair- tailed bat ( Lasiurus ebenus ) - Known only from one individual, São Paulo ( Brazil )
- Southern yellow bat ( Lasiurus ega ) - Mexico to central Argentina
- Brazilian bat ( Lasiurus egregius ) - Described in Panama and southern Brazil , probably also found in Colombia
- Cuban yellow bat ( Lasiurus insularis ) - Cuba
- Northern yellow bat ( Lasiurus intermedius ) - Southeastern United States to Honduras , isolated in Costa Rica
- Lesser bat ( Lasiurus minor ) - Haiti , Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico
- Pfeiffer's red bat ( Lasiurus pfeifferi ) - Cuba
- Southern bat ( Lasiurus seminolus ) - Southeastern United States
- Cinnamon-red bat ( Lasiurus varius ) - Southern Chile and Argentina
- Western yellow bat ( Lasiurus xanthinus ) - southern United States to Mexico
literature
- RM Nowak: Walker's Bats of the World .
- Theodor CH Cole: Dictionary of Mammal Names - Dictionary of Mammal Names Latin - English - German . Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-662-46269-0
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- ↑ Lasiurus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015. Accessed February 8, 2016.
- ^ Wilson & Reeder (eds.): Mammal Species of the World . 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 (English, Lasiurus ).
- ^ A b Brian A. Málaga, Darwin R. Díaz, Sandra Arias and César E. Medina. 2020. Una especie nueva de Lasiurus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) del suroeste de Perú [A new species of Lasiurus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southwestern Peru] . Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 91: e913096. revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/3096/
