Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Chiroptera |
| Family | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus | Lasiurus |
| Species | Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Arkansas
- Stone
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
- Tennessee
- Blount
Conservation and management
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Linzey, D.W. 1995. Mammals of Great Smoky Mountains National Park - 1995 update. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 111: 1–81.
- Linzey, D.W. 2016. Mammals of Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 2016 revision. Southeastern Naturalist 15, Monograph 8: 1–93.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
How to cite this account
Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2555. https://cavebiology.org/species/lasiurus-cinereus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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