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Genoways's Yellow Bat

Rhogeessa genowaysi Baker, 1984

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Holotype of Rhogeessa genowaysi in the Natural Science Research Laboratory's (NSRL) collection at the Museum of Texas Tech University.

Holotype of Rhogeessa genowaysi in the Natural Science Research Laboratory's (NSRL) collection at the Museum of Texas Tech University.

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Open encyclopedia reference

Genoways's yellow bat (Rhogeessa genowaysi) is a species of vesper bat found only in Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss. Due to its imperiled status, it is identified by the Alliance for Zero Extinction as a species in danger of imminent extinction.

Wikipedia contributors, Genoways's yellow bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:09:53.786352+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Rhogeessa genowaysi Baker, 1984
Name authority
Baker, 1984
Common name
Genoways's Yellow Bat
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Rhogeessa
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
  12. suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
  13. superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
  14. familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
  15. subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
  16. tribeAntrozoini Miller, 1897
  17. genusRhogeessa H. Allen, 1866
  18. speciesRhogeessa genowaysi Baker, 1984

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Rhogeessa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Yucatan Yellow BatRhogeessa aenea Goodwin, 1958VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Menchu's Little Yellow BatRhogeessa menchuae Baird, Marchán-Rivadeneira, Pérez & Baker, 2012VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Least Yellow BatRhogeessa mira LaVal, 1973VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Slender Yellow BatRhogeessa gracilis Miller, 1897VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nicaraguan Little Yellow BatRhogeessa permutandis Baird, Light & Bickham, 2019VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Allen's Yellow BatRhogeessa alleni Thomas, 1892VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bickham's Little Yellow BatRhogeessa bickhami Baird, Marchán-Rivadeneira, Pérez & Baker, 2012VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Husson's Yellow BatRhogeessa hussoni Genoways & Baker, 1996VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Southern Little Yellow BatRhogeessa io Thomas, 1903VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Little Yellow BatRhogeessa parvula H. Allen, 1866VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-winged Little Yellow BatRhogeessa tumida H. Allen, 1866VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 407 records assigned to Vespertilionidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Middle America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Baker, Robert J. (1984). A sympatric cryptic species of mammal: a new species of Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Systematic Biology, Vol. 33, No. 2. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4SJV9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.