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title: "Cinnamon Red Bat"
description: "Lasiurus varius — Zoogdieren. The cinnamon red bat (Lasiurus varius) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cinnamon-red-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cinnamon Red Bat

> Lasiurus varius — Zoogdieren. The cinnamon red bat (Lasiurus varius) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae.

- Scientific name: *Lasiurus varius*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 92
- Wikidata: [Q169694](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169694)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74475](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74475)

## Names

- en: Cinnamon Red Bat
- de: Zimtrote Fledermaus
- es: Murciélago peludo rojo
- fr: Cinnamon red bat

## Countries with the most observations

CL (70), AR (13)

## Summary

The cinnamon red bat (Lasiurus varius) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It was first described from a specimen that had been collected in Chile. For more than one hundred years after its initial description, it was largely considered a synonym of the eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis). From the 1980s onward, it was frequently recognized as distinct from the eastern red bat due to its fur coloration and differences in range. It has deep red fur, lacking white "frosting" on the tips of individual hairs seen in other members of Lasiurus. It has a forearm length of 39–42 mm (1.5–1.7 in) and a weight…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325539550

## Machine access

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