Rhogeessa velilla

O. Thomas, 1903

Ecuadorian Little 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

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/19367930

Original name as described

Rhogeessa velilla

Other common names

Ecuadorian Yellow Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.1.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7429db3-f027-448e-a7a6-4bc419c0d96b

Type locality

"Puná, Puná Island, Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

Taxonomy notes

split from R. io

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005507

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 velilla

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

velilla

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.1.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7429db3-f027-448e-a7a6-4bc419c0d96b

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19367930

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 #100000769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88151777/88151780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhogeëssa parvula velilla

G. G. Goodwin, 1958

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

velilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63299088

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Goodwin (1958:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63299088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15831)

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