Rhogeessa is a genus of bats within the vesper bats family, Vespertilionidae.[1]
| Rhogeessa | |
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| Yucatan yellow bat (Rhogeessa aeneus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Antrozoini |
| Genus: | Rhogeessa H. Allen, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Rhogeessa tumida H. Allen, 1866
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| Species | |
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Species
edit- Yucatan yellow bat (R. aenea)
- Bickham's little yellow bat (Rhogeessa bickhami)
- Genoways's yellow bat (R. genowaysi)
- Husson's yellow bat (R. hussoni)
- Thomas's yellow bat (R. io)
- Menchu's little yellow bat (R. menchuae)
- Tiny yellow bat (R. minutilla)
- Least yellow bat (R. mira)
- Little yellow bat (R. parvula)
- Rhogeessa permutandis
- Black-winged little yellow bat (R. tumida)
- Ecuadorian little yellow bat (R. velilla)
Taxonomy debate
editThis genus is systematically complex and sometimes controversial. One reason that the genus is complex is because of the species' variable karyotypes:[2]
| 30 chromosomes | 32 chromosomes | 34 chromosomes | 42 chromosomes | 44 chromosomes | 52 chromosomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. io[3] | R. aeneus[4] | R. tumida*[5] | R. genowaysi[6][7] | R. parvula[8][9] | R. hussoni[3] |
| R. tumida*[10] | - | R. velilla[2] | - | R. tumida*[10] | |
| R. gracilis[11] | - | - | - | - | - |
| R. tumida*[10] | - | - | - | - | - |
*Note that R. tumida is listed four times, as individuals have been found with four different karyotypes. This may represent a species complex.[10][2]
Some have placed Allen's yellow bat into its own genus, Baeodon based on its differences with other members of the genus.[12]
However, others argue that as Allen's yellow bat and the slender yellow bat are sister taxa, to exclude only one from Rhogeessa makes it a paraphyletic group. By that logic, either both species need to be included in Rhogeessa, or both need to be placed in Baeodon.[2] A 2008 paper recommended moving the slender yellow bat to the Baeodon genus.[2]
Others say that Baeodon should be recognized as a subgenus of Rhogeessa instead of as a separate genus.[9][13]
References
edit- ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 2 October 2009
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b Genoways, H. H., & Baker, R. J. (1996). A new species of the genus Rhogeessa, with comments on geographic distribution and speciation in the genus.
- ^ Audet, D., Engstrom, M. D., & Fenton, M. B. (1993). Morphology, karyology, and echolocation calls of Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Yucatan Peninsula. Journal of Mammalogy, 74(2), 498-502.
- ^ Vonhof, M. J. (2000). Rhogeessa tumida. Mammalian species, 1-3.
- ^ Baker, R. J. (1984). A sympatric cryptic species of mammal: a new species of Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Systematic Biology, 33(2), 178-183.
- ^ Roots, E. H., & Baker, R. J. (1998). Rhogeessa genowaysi. Mammalian Species, (589), 1-3.
- ^ LaVal-Bugg, R. K. (1973). Systematics of the genus Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Sistemática del género Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Occasional Papers, (19), 1-47.
- ^ a b Roots, E. H., & Baker, R. J. (2007). Rhogeessa parvula. Mammalian Species, 1-4.
- ^ a b c d Baker, R. J., Bickham, J. W., & Arnold, M. L. (1985). Chromosomal evolution in Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): possible speciation by centric fusions. Evolution, 39(2), 233-243.
- ^ Jones, J. K. (1977). Rhogeessa gracilis. Mammalian Species, (76), 1-2.
- ^ Hoofer, S. R., & Bussche, R. A. V. D. (2003). Molecular phylogenetics of the chiropteran family Vespertilionidae. Acta Chiropterologica, 5(1), 1-63.
- ^ Solari, S. (2019). "Baeodon alleni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T19679A21989577. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T19679A21989577.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.