Pfeiffer's red bat

Pfeiffer's red bat (Lasiurus pfeifferi) is a species of bat from the family Vespertilioninae and is endemic to Cuba.[1] It is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List due to a significant population decline, caused by human population density on its endemic island, habitat conversion, and hurricanes.[1] The species is probably insectivorous; fecal matter samples from a single bat contained only beetles.[1] It may be a subspecies of the Seminole bat.[2]

Pfeiffer's red bat

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Lasiurus
Species:
L. pfeifferi
Binomial name
Lasiurus pfeifferi
Gundlach, 1861

See also

References

  1. Solari, S. (2018). "Lasiurus pfeifferi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136217A22011401. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T136217A22011401.en.
  2. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 460. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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