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:Mar 20, 2016

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

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

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

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.

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

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. 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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