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Southern yellow bat
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Species : Lasiurus ega
The Southern yellow bat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the southern yellow bat
A young / baby of a southern yellow bat is called a 'pup'. A southern yellow bat group is called a 'colony or cloud'.Countries
Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela
Facts about the southern yellow bat
1990: Southern Yellow Bat is a USFS Sensitive species found in the Coronado National Forest, New Mexico portion (Regional Forester's Sensitive Species List, 1990) *04*.
Southern Yellow Bat (Lasiurus ega) is whitish buff, yellowish, or orange, and usually has a blackish wash.
Just as the southern yellow bat is spreading in South Texas because of decorative palms, we may also have found that the western yellow bat has moved into West Texas with a similar incentive. (Full text)
Similar Species Southern Yellow Bat is smaller. (Full text)
Like other members of the genus Lasiurus, southern yellow bats are associated with trees which can provide them with daytime roosting sites. (Full text)
The southern yellow bat is most easily confused with the northern yellow bat where the two species occur together in southeastern Texas. (Full text)
Identification: Lasiurus ega is a medium-sized bat with dull, sooty yellow fur. (Full text)