---
title: "Eastern Red Bat"
description: "Lasiurus borealis — Mammals. The eastern red bat is a species of microbat in the family Vespertilionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/eastern-red-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Red Bat

> Lasiurus borealis — Mammals. The eastern red bat is a species of microbat in the family Vespertilionidae.

- Scientific name: *Lasiurus borealis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 5253
- Wikidata: [Q301708](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301708)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40522](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40522)

## Names

- en: Eastern Red Bat
- de: Gewöhnliche Rote Fledermaus
- es: Murciélago cola peluda rojizo
- fr: Murin roux
- nl: Rode vleermuis
- pl: Mroczek rudy

## Countries with the most observations

US (4129), CA (243), MX (16)

## Summary

The eastern red bat is a species of microbat in the family Vespertilionidae. Eastern red bats are widespread across eastern North America, with additional records in Bermuda.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_red_bat

## Photo

![Eastern Red Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-red-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8447958

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-red-bat?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).