Yucatan yellow bat

Yucatan yellow bat
Rhogeessa aenea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Rhogeessa
Species:
R. aenea
Binomial name
Rhogeessa aenea
Goodwin, 1958
Synonyms
  • Rhogeessa aeneus Goodwin, 1958

The Yucatan yellow bat (Rhogeessa aenea) is a species of bat found in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, and possibly also in Belize and Guatemala. These small insectivorous bats forage on flying insects (most likely mosquitoes) at dawn and dusk.

  1. ^ Solari, S. (2019). "Rhogeessa aeneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136810A22043785. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136810A22043785.en. Retrieved 19 June 2022.