Lasiurus (Lasiurus) borealis (Müller 1776)

[Vespertilio] borealis Müller 1776, Linne's Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl.: 20.

Type Locality: USA, New York.

Vernacular Names: Eastern Red Bat.

Synonyms: Lasiurus (Lasiurus) funebris Fitzinger 1870; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) noveboracensis Erxleben 1777; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) quebecensis Yourans 1930; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) rubellus Palisot de Beauvois 1796; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) rubra Ord 1815; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) rufus Wardern 1820; Lasiurus (Lasiurus) tesselatus Rafinesque 1818 .

Distribution: E North America, Bermuda.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Lasiurus, borealis species group. Does not include blossevillii, frantzii, teliotis, and varius; see Schmidly and Hendricks (1984), Baker et al. (1988 a), and Morales and Bickham (1995). Does not include degelidus (Baker et al., 1988 a) but might include minor . Does not include pfeifferi; see Morales and Bickham (1995). See Shump and Shump (1982 a) but note that they included blossevillii and its synonyms in borealis .