Lasiurus borealis (bat)

Mass: 11.5 g based on Jones 1961, Layne 1958, Canals et al. 2005, Feldhamer et al. 2009, and Stephan et al. 1981

Diet: insectivore based on Freeman 1981, Dumont 1997, and Freeman and Lemen 2010

Abundance: 0.04 to 76.10% (median 11.30%)

Latitudinal range: 30.5° to 50.2°

Habitats: (2), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (14), temperate savanna (2), temperate wetland (1), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (1)

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Found in 21 samples

Canada: Delta Marsh

United States: Ledges State Park, Lower Honey Creek, McHose Park, State Fish Hatchery, Fort Leavenworth, Wolf Ridge Wind, LLC, Ouachita National Forest, Canoe Creek State Park, Palo Duro Canyon State Park (2006), Indigo Tunnel, Wise County, Pisgah State Park, Nolands Fork River, Kelly Pond (2009), Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood State Forests, Prairie Creek (1997), Prairie Creek (1998), Fontenelle Forest Nature Center, Bat Cave (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass10.9 gN = 4Jones 1961
♀ body mass12.3 gN = 19Layne 1958
♂ body mass9.6 gN = 9Layne 1958
body mass7.87 gN = 5Canals et al. 2005
body mass11.96 gN = 74Feldhamer et al. 2009
body mass7.8 gN = 1Stephan et al. 1981
♀ forearm length40.0 mmN = 26Layne 1958
♂ forearm length40.6 mmN = 9Layne 1958
♀ hind foot length7.0 mmN = 26Layne 1958
♂ hind foot length6.8 mmN = 9Layne 1958
♀ tail length48.1 mmN = 26Layne 1958
♂ tail length44.7 mmN = 9Layne 1958
♀ total body length109.5 mmN = 26Layne 1958
♂ total body length101.1 mmN = 9Layne 1958

See also Lasiurus, Lasiurus blossevillii, Lasiurus cinereus, Lasiurus ega, Lasiurus egregius, Lasiurus intermedius, Lasiurus seminolus, Lasiurus sp., Lasiurus xanthinus