Lasiurus fossilis Hibbard 1950 (hairy-tailed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1950. Mammals of the Rexroad Formation from Fox Canyon, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 8(6):113-192

Belongs to Lasiurus according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980

See also Hibbard 1950

Sister taxa: Lasiurus borealis, Lasiurus cinereus, Lasiurus golliheri, Lasiurus intermedius, Lasiurus seminolus

Type specimen: UMMP 25763, a mandible (left ramus with p4-m2). Its type locality is Fox Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (3: Idaho, Kansas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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