Pfeiffer's red bat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Lasiurus |
Species: |
L. pfeifferi
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Binomial name | |
Lasiurus pfeifferi Gundlach, 1861 |
Pfeiffer's red bat (Lasiurus pfeifferi) is a species of bat from the family Vespertilioninae and is endemictoCuba.[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 likely insectivorous; fecal matter samples from a single bat contained only beetles.[1] It may be a subspecies of the Seminole bat.[2]
Lasiurus pfeifferi |
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