Rhogeessa aenea

G. G. Goodwin, 1958

Yucatán Yellow Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Antrozoini
Genus : Rhogeessa

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Goodwin, G.G. 1958-12-31. Bats of the genus _Rhogeëssa_. American Museum Novitates 1923:1-17.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63299086

Original name as described

Rhogeëssa parvula aeneus

Other common names

Yucatan Yellow Bat

Type material

AMNH M-91234

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-91234

Type locality

"Chichen Itza, Yucatán," Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Belize

Taxonomy notes

spelling changed from 'aeneus' to 'aenea' for gender agreement

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005494

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Rhogeëssa parvula aeneus

G. G. Goodwin, 1958

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

aenea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-91234

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-91234

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63299086

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Rhogeessa aeneus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

aeneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136810/22043785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhogeessa aenea

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

aenea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

857

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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