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Lasiurus borealis

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Vespertilio borealis was named by Muller (1776).

It was recombined as Atalapha borealis by Rhoades (1895); it was recombined as Lasiurus borealis by Sherman (1952), Choate and Birney (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Rabon et al. (2000), Eshelman et al. (2025).

Subspecies
L. minor
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. blossevillii, L. cinereus, L. blossevillii, L. ega

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Vespertilio borealis Muller
1895Atalapha borealis Rhoades
1952Lasiurus borealis Sherman p. 88
1968Lasiurus borealis Choate and Birney
1980Lasiurus borealis Kurten and Anderson p. 122
2000Lasiurus borealis Rabon et al. p. 60
2025Lasiurus borealis Eshelman et al. p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusLasiurusGray 1831
speciesborealis(Muller 1776)

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.

†Lasiurus borealis Muller 1776
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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: Simmons et al. 2008, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.4 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) Lasiurus borealis (20060)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Lasiurus borealis (123875 125941)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Lasiurus borealis (94308)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Lasiurus borealis (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Lasiurus borealis (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Lasiurus borealis (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cuba (Pinar del Río) Lasiurus borealis (78640)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Lasiurus borealis (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) Lasiurus borealis (190846 190847)