Lasiurus (Lasiurus) cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois 1796)

[Vespertilio] cinereus Palisot de Beauvois 1796, Cat. Raisonne Mus. Peale Phil.: 18.

Type Locality: USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Vernacular Names: Hoary Bat.

Synonyms: Lasiurus (Lasiurus) fossilis Hibbard 1950 .

Subspecies::

Subspecies Lasiurus (Lasiurus) cinereus subsp. cinereus Palisot de Beauvois 1796

Subspecies Lasiurus (Lasiurus) cinereus subsp. semotus H. Allen 1890

Subspecies Lasiurus (Lasiurus) cinereus subsp. villosissimus E. Geoffroy 1806

Distribution: Colombia and Venezuela to C Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, and C Argentina; Hawaii (USA); Guatemala and Mexico throughout the USA to S British Columbia, SE Mackenzie, Hudson Bay and S Quebec (Canada); Galapagos Isls (Ecuador); Bermuda; accidental on Cuba, Hispaniola, Iceland, and the Orkney Isls (Scotland).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as L. c. semotus. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Not Evaluated as L. c. semotus; otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Lasiurus, cinereus species group. Includes villosissimus and semotus; see Sanborn and Crespo (1957) and Morales and Bickham (1995). See Shump and Shump (1982 b).