Lasiurus castaneus

Handley, 1960

Tacarcunan Bat

Also as Red-faced Red Bat.
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Location:Costa Rica, Guanacaste province, Children's Rainforest, San Gerardo Biological Station, 10º21'51.17" N, 84º47'24.63" W, 1246 mDate taken:Jan 1, 2014Description:Also as Red-faced Red Bat.

Distribution :

Panama, Costa Rica..

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4690

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Tribe: Lasiurini
Genus: Lasiurus
Subgenus: Lasiurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Handley, C.O., Jr. 1960-10-06. Descriptions of new bats from Panama. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 112(3442):459-479.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717340

Original name as described

Lasiurus castaneus

Other common names

Red-faced Red Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:310263

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fe12b6a6-6e8b-44c8-8f54-95ccfc2747fd

Type locality

"Tacarcuna Village, 3, 200 ft. [= 975 m], Río Pucro, Darién, Panama."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil · Costa Rica · Panama

Distribution references

Acosta S., L.H., Poma-Urey, J.L., Barboza-Marquez, K., Rivero, K., Ochoa, J.R. and Salazar-Bravo, J. 2024. First records of three species of Lasiurus Gray, 1831 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Bolivia. Check List 20(5):1054-1066. doi:10.15560/20.5.1054

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005576

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Lasiurus castaneus

Handley, 1960

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

castaneus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:310263

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tacarcuna Village, 3, 200 ft., Río Pucro, Darién, Panama

Type locality

Panama: 7°51′N, 77°43′W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fe12b6a6-6e8b-44c8-8f54-95ccfc2747fd

Authority page

468

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717340

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Handley (1960:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7717340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34494)
Hall & Jones (1961:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4397099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33467)
Corbet & Hill (1980:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Baird, Braun, Mares, Morales, Patton, Tran & Bickham (2015:1265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26728)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11348/22120924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycteris castanea:

E. R. Hall, 1981

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

castaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

225

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall (1981:225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)

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