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Lasiurus (hairy-tailed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Lasiurus Gray
1952Lasiurus Sherman p. 88
1968Lasiurus Choate and Birney
1980Lasiurus Kurten and Anderson p. 122
2000Lasiurus Rabon et al. p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusLasiurusGray 1831

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Lasiurus Gray 1831 [hairy-tailed bat]
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Lasiurus borealis Muller 1776
Lasiurus cinereus Palisot de Beauvois 1796
Lasiurus fossilis Hibbard 1950
Lasiurus golliheri Hibbard 1960
Lasiurus intermedius Allen 1862 [northern yellow bat]
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Invalid names: Dasypterus floridanus Miller 1902 [synonym]
Lasiurus seminolus Rhoads 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Clarendonian to the top of the Holocene or 12.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Lasiurus sp. (18327)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Lasiurus fossilis (19766)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Lasiurus fossilis (19931 19936)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Vespertilionidae indet. (19620)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Lasiurus borealis (20060)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Lasiurus sp. (19954)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Lasiurus sp. (20384)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Lasiurus borealis (123875 125941)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Lasiurus sp. (20530)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Dasypterus golliheri, Lasiurus cinereus (20295) Lasiurus cinereus (20423)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Lasiurus borealis, Lasiurus seminolus (94308)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Lasiurus borealis, Lasiurus intermedius (20491) Lasiurus sp. (195112)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Lasiurus cinereus (192633)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Lasiurus cinereus (89311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cuba (Pinar del Río) Lasiurus borealis, Lasiurus intermedius (78640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Lasiurus borealis (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Lasiurus sp. (106400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Lasiurus borealis (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lasiurus intermedius (154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lasiurus intermedius (20573 20595)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Lasiurus ega, Lasiurus borealis (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Lasiurus blossevillii, Lasiurus cinereus (233123)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) Lasiurus borealis (190846 190847)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Lasiurus cinereus (231331)