Common Name
Eastern Red Bat
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Species Name
Lasiurus borealis
Status
Lower Risk (lc)
States
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Wyoming
Distribution
Central and eastern United States
Notes
TRIBE Lasiurini. Broadest distribution of any new world bat; roosts in trees and foliage; interfemoral membrane heavily furred. Brick-red to buffy orange. Catch insects on electric lights. Less common in the West. Migratory; present in summer; maybe yea
Florida
present in Fla. only as a winter migrant