Rhogeessa minutilla

G. S. Miller, 1897

Tiny 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1897-05-13. Description of a new bat from Margarita Island, Venezuela. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11:139.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3942265

Original name as described

Rhogeessa minutilla

Other common names

Little Desert Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:63216

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/328644f48-7d39-4bae-a15e-5f4e22826e1a

Type locality

"Margarita Island, Venezuela."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005502

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 minutilla

G. S. Miller, 1897

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

minutilla

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:63216

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/328644f48-7d39-4bae-a15e-5f4e22826e1a

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3942265

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Miller (1897:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14569)
  2. LaVal (1973:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4393531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10886)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19682/22007845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhogeëssa parvula minutilla

G. G. Goodwin, 1958

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

minutilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63299087

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Goodwin (1958:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63299087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15831)

R. minutilla

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

minutilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Rhogeessa minutilla cautiva

Soriano, Naranjo, & Fariñas, 2004

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

cautiva

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CVULA-I-3388

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

442

Authority publication

Mammalian Biology

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rhogeessa minutilla minutilla

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

minutilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

858

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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