Yellow bats

Yellow bats
Rhogeessa aeneus
Systematics
Order : Bats (chiroptera) Superfamily : Smooth-nosed (Vespertilionoidea) Family : Smooth-nosed (Vespertilionidae) Subfamily : True smooth-nosed (Vespertilioninae) Tribe : Nycticeiini Genre : Yellow bats
Scientific name
Rhogeessa
H. Allen , 1866

The yellow bats ( Rhogeessa ) are a species of bat from the smooth-nosed family (Vespertilionidae). The species live in Central and South America.

features

The representatives of the genus reach a head body length of 37 to 50 mm, a tail length of 28 to 48 mm and a weight of 3 to 10 g. The forearms are 25 to 35 mm long. In most species, the fur on the top is yellow-brown to light brown in color, while the underside is often lighter. Differences to other smooth noses consist in different details of the skull and the teeth. So there are z. B. only one incisor in the upper halves of the jaw.

Types and distribution

The following species belong to the genus of yellow bats.

• Yucatan yellow bat ( Rhogeessa aeneus ), Yucatan , Mexico .
• Allen yellow bat ( Rhogeessa alleni ), central Mexico.
• Chiapias yellow bat ( Rhogeessa genowaysi ), southwest Mexico.
• Slender yellow bat ( Rhogeessa gracilis ), western Mexico.
• Husson's yellow bat ( Rhogeessa hussoni ), northeastern Brazil .
• Thomas's yellow bat ( Rhogeessa io ), Honduras to Brazil and Bolivia .
• Pygmy yellow bat ( Rhogeessa minutilla ), Colombia , Venezuela .
• Little yellow bat ( Rhogeessa mira ), western Mexico on the Balsa River.
• Tres Marias Yellow Bat ( Rhogeessa parvula ), western Mexico.
• Black-winged yellow bat ( Rhogeessa tumida ), Central America.

Way of life

The species of yellow bats occur in different habitats, such as forests, scrubland, mountains or semi-deserts. They rest in tree hollows, under palm fronds or in house roofs. When hunting for insects, they usually fly 1 to 4 meters above the ground. Often 2 to 5 individuals share a hunting area. A litter generally consists of twins.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. Volume 1. 6th edition. 1999, pp. 446-448, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .
2. ^ Eisenberg & Redford (Eds.): Mammals of the Neotropics . tape 3 . University of Chicago Press, 2000, ISBN 0-226-19542-2 , pp. 200 (English, Rhogeessa ).
3. ↑ Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Ed.): Mammal Species of the World . A taxonomic and geographic Reference . 3. Edition. 2 volumes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 (English, Rhogeessa ).
4. ↑ Rhogeessa in the IUCN 2014 Red List of Threatened Species . Accessed March 14, 2015.

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