Hoary bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the hoary bat lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lasiurus cinereus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	27.5 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Vespertilionidae

Where does the hoary bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the hoary bat in 3 countries and territories across North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a hoary bat?

Wikidata records the following for the hoary bat: mass 27.5 g (adult weight).

Is the hoary bat endangered?

The hoary bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the hoary bat?

The hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Vespertilionidae, genus Lasiurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the hoary bat

The hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It lives throughout most of North America (and possibly also in Hawaii, although this is disputed).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hoary bat (revision 1370845164), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q587145 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).