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Pfeiffer's Red Bat
Lasiurus pfeifferi (Gundlach, 1861)
Also calledKosmatnik kubański (pol) · Lasiure de Pfeiffer (fra) · Pfeiffe (deu) · Pfeifferrotfledermaus (deu) · キューバアカコウモリ (jpn)
First described in: Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin vol.1861 p.152
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).
Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Lasiurus, borealis species group. May represent a subspecies of seminolus; see Morales and Bickham (1995).
Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae
activity
Activity patterns. Pfeiffer’s Red Bats are crepuscular. Individuals were observed flying nine minutes after sunset; one individual was captured at 03: 00 h. Roosting sites are mainly in foliage of large trees, but a few individuals have been observed roosting in caves. Three individuals were observed roosting among foliage on the top of a tree c. 15 m aboveground. Echolocation calls are of medium duration (c. 7 - 1 milliseconds), with narrowband and single harmonic, and sweep from ¢. 56 kHz to ¢. 26 kHz.
Vespertilionidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Mountainous woodlands and woodland patches at elevations of 50 - 1000 m.
Vespertilionidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5707209.