Species
Lasiurus cinereus (Hoary bat)
Lasiurus cinereus. Photo: (c) David Bell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It occurs throughout most of North America and much of South America, with disjunct populations in the Galápagos Islands and Hawaii.