Silver-Haired Bat

Silver-haired Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Lasionycteris
Species: L. noctivagans
Binomial name
Lasionycteris noctivagans
(Le Conte, 1831)

The Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus Lasionycteris.[2]

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Habitat

Lasionycteris noctivagans is found in Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. They are the most common bat in forested areas in the United States. Silver-haired bats are also known as Silverwings. [3]

Description

Silver-Haired bats are nearly black, with silvery-tipped hairs on back, giving frosted appearance. It's a medium-sized, densely furred bat. It weighs around 8-12 g and its total length is around 100 mm on average, its tail being 40 mm.[4]

In Fiction

Shade, the main protagonist in the novel Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel, is a young Silver-Haired Bat runt.

References

  1. ^ Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Miller, B., Reid, F., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C. (2008). "Lasionycteris noctivagans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/11339. Retrieved 07 February 2010. 
  2. ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (16 November 2005). "Order Chiroptera (pp. 312-529)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 499. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13802336. 
  3. ^ "The silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)". Organization for Bat Conservation. http://www.batconservation.org/content/Silverhairedinfo.html. 
  4. ^ "Silver-haired Bat". The Mammals of Texas - Online Edition. http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/lasinoct.htm.