#0320 · 🦊 mammals

Eastern Red Bat

🇳🇱 Gewone Rode Vleermuis ·Lasiurus borealis

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Green-Wood · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Matthew O'Donnell · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Lee Elliott · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Anita Gould · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Anita Gould · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Shawnee County, Kansas, USA:© Kristof Zyskowski · CC BY 4.0
8. Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto, ON, Canada:© Ed O'Connor · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Texas, US:© mancat · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Norfolk County, ON, Canada:© Sarah Richer · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The eastern red bat ( Lasiurus borealis ) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. Eastern red bats are widespread across eastern North America, with additional records in Bermuda. They are also present, though rare, throughout many of the Bahamian islands. The eastern red bat is closely related to the desert red bat ( Lasiurus blossevillii ); the two species are sometimes collectively referred to simply as red bats .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,385iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,385 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1776 (250 years ago).