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/19367930Original 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-a7a6-4bc419c0d96bType 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
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