Baeodon gracilis

(G. S. Miller, 1897)

Slender Yellow Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1897-10-16. Revision of the North American bats of the family Vespertilionidæ. North American Fauna 13:1-142.

Original name as described

Rhogeëssa gracilis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:70694

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Piaxtla, Puebla," Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

moved from Rhogeessa to Baeodon, Miller 1906

Taxonomy notes citation

Hoofer, S. R., & Van Den Bussche, R. A. 2003. Molecular phylogenetics of the chiropteran family Vespertilionidae. Acta Chiropterologica, 5(Supplement), 1-63. · Volleth, M., Heller, K. G., & Fahr, J. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships of three “Nycticeiini” genera (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera, Mammalia) as revealed by karyological analysis. Mammalian Biology, 71(1), 1-12. · Baird, A. B., Hillis, D. M., Patton, J. C., & Bickham, J. W. (2008). Evolutionary history of the genus Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) as revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Journal of Mammalogy, 89(3), 744-754. · Roehrs, Z. P., Lack, J. B., & Van Den Bussche, R. A. (2010). Tribal phylogenetic relationships within Vespertilioninae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data. Journal of Mammalogy, 91(5), 1073-1092. · Roehrs, Z. P., Lack, J. B., & Van Den Bussche, R. A. (2011). A molecular phylogenetic reevaluation of the tribe Nycticeiini (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Acta Chiropterologica, 13(1), 17-31.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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