Rhogeessa io

O. Thomas, 1903

Thomas's 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

Thomas, O. 1903-04-01. Two South-American forms of Rhogeessa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)11(64):382-383.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19367929

Original name as described

Rhogeessa io

Other common names

Southern Little Yellow Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1894.9.25.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0b835e19-6e3a-4c1b-b98e-5f88be39437b

Type locality

"Valencia [Carabobo], Venezuela."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Ecuador · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Brazil · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

previously included R. velilla

Taxonomy notes citation

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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005500

Country distribution map

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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 tumida riparia

G. G. Goodwin, 1958

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

riparia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-69968

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-69968

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63299085

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rhogeessa io

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

io

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.9.25.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0b835e19-6e3a-4c1b-b98e-5f88be39437b

Authority page

382

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19367929

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88151760/22019853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhogeessa bombyx

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bombyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.10.29.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7d67a489-4359-4dab-8380-ffb808433724

Authority page

569

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22100056

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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