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.

Original name as described

Rhogeessa minutilla

Other common names

Little Desert Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:63216

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Margarita Island, Venezuela."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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