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Aeorestes
Sign in to saveAeorestes is a subgenus of Lasiurus commonly known as the hoary bats.
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Vinony's link graph records 290 inbound references to Aeorestes, and connects out to Kuhl's pipistrelle, Niumbaha superba and Rohu's bat.
Vinony files it under Lasiurus and Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Northern Hoary Bat
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderChiroptera
- FamilyVespertilionidae
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Encyclopedic overview
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Aeorestes is a subgenus of Lasiurus commonly known as the hoary bats.
==Taxonomy== {{cladogram|align=left|style=width:305px;font-size:85%;line-height:85%|caption=Relationship of the three genera formerly included within Lasiurus, based on an analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. |cladogram= }} The subgenus was initially described by Austrian zoologist Leopold Fitzinger in 1870. Based on genetic divergence within Lasiurus, Baird et al. recommended that the hoary bats be recognized as a separate genus. They additionally recommended that Dasypterus should be elevated from a subgenus to a genus as well. However, as Lasiurus was previously monophyletic, some authors see the creation of two new genera—Aeorestes and Dasypterus—as a solution to something that was not a problem. Teta advocated using Aeorestes as a subgenus and retaining the usage of Dasypterus as such.
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