Eastern red bat

Eastern red bat
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Lasiurus
Species:	L. borealis
Binomial name
	Lasiurus borealis; Müller, 1776
	Range (note: map erroneously shows the species to be present in Cuba.)
Synonyms
	Vespertilio borealis Müller, 1776 ; Vespertilio noveboracensis Erxleben, 1777 ; Vespertilio lasiurus Schreber, 1781 ; Vespertilio rubellus Palisot de Beauvois, 1796 ; Vespertilio rubra Ord, 1815 ; Vespertilio tesselatus Rafinesque, 1818 ; Vespertilio monachus Rafinesque, 1818 ; Vespertilio rufus Warden, 1820 ; Lasiurus funebris Fitzinger, 1870 ; Myotis quebecensis Yourans, 1930 ;

The eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) is a species of microbat in the family Vespertilionidae. Eastern red bats are widespread across eastern North America, with additional records in Bermuda.

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