| Author: | Palisot de Beauvois, 1796. |
| Citation: | Cat. Raisonne Mus. Peale Phil.: 18. |
| Common Name: | Hoary Bat |
| Type Locality: | USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. |
| Distribution: | Colombia and Venezuela to C Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, and C Argentina; Hawaii (USA); Guatemala and Mexico throughout the USA to S British Columbia, SE Mackenzie, Hudson Bay and S Quebec (Canada); Galapagos Isls (Ecuador); Bermuda; accidental on Cuba, Hispaniola, Iceland, and the Orkney Isls (Scotland). |
| Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered as L. c. semotus. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Not Evaluated as L. c. semotus; otherwise Lower Risk (lc). |
| Comments: | Subgenus Lasiurus, cinereus species group. Includes villosissimus and semotus; see Sanborn and Crespo (1957) and Morales and Bickham (1995). See Shump and Shump (1982b). |
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