Rhogeessa menchuae

A. B. Baird, M. R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, S. G. Pérez, & R. J. Baker, 2012

Menchu'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

Authority citation

Baird, A.B., Marchán-Rivadeneira, M.R., Pérez, S.G. and Baker, R.J. 2012. Morphological analysis and description of two new species of Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Neotropics. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 307:1-25.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57756006

Original name as described

Rhogeessa menchuae

Other common names

Menchu's Little Yellow Bat

Type material

TTU-M61230

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Lancetilla, Department of Atlántida, Honduras."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guatemala · Honduras · Nicaragua?

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Baird, A. B., Marchán-Rivadeneira, M. R., Pérez, S. G., & Baker, R. J. (2012). Morphological analysis and description of two new species of Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Neotropics. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 307, 1-25.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005501

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.

Rhogeessa menchuae

A. B. Baird, M. R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, S. G. Pérez, & R. J. Baker, 2012

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

menchuae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TTU-M61230

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57756006

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88151749/88151752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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