Rhogeessa mira

LaVal, 1973

Least 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

LaVal, R.K. 1973. Systematics of the genus Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas 19:1-47.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4393519

Original name as described

Rhogeessa (Rhogeessa) mira

Type material

CNMA 8594

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"20 km N El Infiernillo, Michoacán, Mexico, elevation 125 m."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005503

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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 (Rhogeessa) mira

LaVal, 1973

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

mira

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CNMA 8594

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4393519

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19683/22007311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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