NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Minor Red Bat
Lasiurus minor Miller, 1931
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The minor red bat (Lasiurus minor) is a species of bat from the family Vespertilioninae. It is found in the Bahamas, Hispaniola (both the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, though there are only six known individuals in the latter.
Wikipedia contributors, Minor red bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:05:04.049726+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lasiurus minor Miller, 1931
- Name authority
- Miller, 1931
- Common name
- Minor Red Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Lasiurus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
- tribeLasiurini Tate, 1942
- genusLasiurus Gray, 1831
- speciesLasiurus minor Miller, 1931
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lasiurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Red BatLasiurus atratus Handley, 1996 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-faced Red BatLasiurus castaneus Handley, 1960 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pfeiffer's Red BatLasiurus pfeifferi (Gundlach, 1861) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seminole BatLasiurus seminolus (Rhoads, 1895) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desert Red BatLasiurus frantzii (Peters, 1871) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Red BatLasiurus borealis (Müller, 1776) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jamaican Red BatLasiurus degelidus Miller, 1931 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blackish Red BatLasiurus ebenus Fazzolari-Corrêa, 1994 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean Red BatLasiurus varius (Poeppig, 1835) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=552481 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3SGVV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.