Eastern red bat

Weight

10.7 g – 13 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

2.58 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

80 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

3.06src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

60.9 dayssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Aerialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The eastern red bat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderChiroptera
5. familyVespertilionidae
6. genusLasiurus
7. SpeciesLasiurus borealis (Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Vespertilio borealis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Southern red bat

Lasiurus blossevillii

Vespertilionidae

LC, Least Concern

S

Seminole bat

Lasiurus seminolus

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

C

Cinnamon red bat

Lasiurus varius

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

G

Greater red bat

Lasiurus atratus

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

DD, Data Deficient

T

Tacarcuna bat

Lasiurus castaneus

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

VU, Vulnerable

J

Jamaican red bat

Lasiurus degelidus

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

CompareEastern red bat vs Southern red batEastern red bat vs Seminole batEastern red bat vs Cinnamon red batEastern red bat vs Greater red bat

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@misc{eastern_red_bat_2026,
  title = {Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-red-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}