Lasiurus blossevillii (bat)

Mass: 8.1 g based on Barquez et al. 1999, López Gonzâlez and García Mendoza 2006, and Motta Junior and Taddei 1992

Diet: insectivore based on Ochoa et al. 2000, Kalko et al. 2008, Ortêncio-Filho and Reis 2009, and Bracamonte 2013

Abundance: 0.03 to 1.85% (median 0.24%)

Latitudinal range: -30.0° to 36.4°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical savanna (3)

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Found in 14 samples

Argentina: Sierra de San Javier

Bolivia: Estación Biológica Tunquini

Brazil: Ilha da Marambaia, Middle Säo Francisco River, Praia das Neves, Parque Municipal do Ingâ, Fazenda Congonhas (native woodland), Quinta da Boa Vista, Osório Wind Farm

Colombia: Tinije

Mexico: Northern Colima, Cerro Tolistoque

Peru: Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape

United States: Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (summer 2008)

Size measurements:
body mass8.2 gN = 6Barquez et al. 1999
body mass6.8 gN = 3López Gonzâlez and García Mendoza 2006
body mass8.7 gN = 1Motta Junior and Taddei 1992
body mass11.4 gN = 1Motta Junior and Taddei 1992

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