Rhogeessa bickhami

A. B. Baird, M. R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, S. G. Pérez, & R. J. Baker, 2012

Bickham's Yellow Bat

Formerly part of Rhogeessa tumida, Black-winged Little Yellow Bat. Also as Bickham's Little Yellow Bat.
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Location:Nicaragua, Rivas department, near El OstionalDate taken:20 March 2016Description:Formerly part of Rhogeessa tumida, Black-winged Little Yellow Bat. Also as Bickham's Little Yellow Bat.

Distribution :

Chiapas (Mexico) south along Pacific Coast to NW Costa Rica

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5923

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Tribe: Antrozoini
Genus: Rhogeessa

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Baird, A.B., Marchán-Rivadeneira, M.R., Pérez, S.G. and Baker, R.J. 2012. Morphological analysis and description of two new species of Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Neotropics. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 307:1-25.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57756009

Original name as described

Rhogeessa bickhami

Other common names

Bickham's Little Yellow Bat

Type material

TTU-M36161

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"23.6 mi [= 38 km] N Huixtla, Chiapas, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Baird, A.B., Marchán-Rivadeneira, M.R., Pérez, S.G. and Baker, R.J. 2012. Morphological analysis and description of two new species of Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Neotropics. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 307:1-25. a#1932

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005496

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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.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Rhogeessa bickhami

A. B. Baird, M. R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, S. G. Pérez, & R. J. Baker, 2012

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bickhami

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TTU-M36161

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

23.6 mi N Huixtla, Chiapas, Mexico (Fig. 4). This is the exact type locality of Rhogeesa genowaysi (Baker 1984) and the two species are sympatric, even being taken in the same mist net at the same time.

Type locality

Mexico: Chiapas: 15°25′42″N, 92°32′17″W.

Authority page

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Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57756009

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88151726/88151729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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