Pallid bat

Pallid bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Tribe: Antrozoini
Genus: Antrozous
H. Allen, 1862
Species:
A. pallidus
Binomial name
Antrozous pallidus
(LeConte, 1856)[2]
Pallid bat range

The pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) is a species of bat that ranges from western Canada to central Mexico. It is the sole species of its genus and is closely related to Van Gelder's bat (Bauerus dubiaquercus), which is sometimes included in Antrozous.[3] Although it has in the past been placed in its own subfamily (Antrozoinae) or even family (Antrozoidae), it is now considered part of the subfamily Vespertilioninae and the tribe Antrozoini.[4]

It is the state bat of California.[5]

  1. ^ Arroyo-Cabrales, J.; de Grammont, P.C. (2017). "Antrozous pallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T1790A22129152. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T1790A22129152.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (1998). T.H. Kunz; P.A. Racey (eds.). "A reappraisal of interfamilial relationships of bats". Bat Biology and Conservation: 3–26.
  3. ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 498–499. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
  4. ^ Roehrs, Z.P.; Lack, J.B.; Van Den Bussche, R.A. (2010). "Tribal phylogenetic relationships within Vespertilioninae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data". Journal of Mammalogy. 91 (5): 1073–1092. doi:10.1644/09-MAMM-A-325.1.
  5. ^ Yang, Sarah (3 January 2024). "California Now Has an Official State Bat and Mushroom". Sunset Magazine. Retrieved 7 January 2024.