| Rhogeessa | |
|---|---|
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| Yucatan yellow bat (Rhogeessa aeneus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Antrozoini |
| Genus: | Rhogeessa H. Allen, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Rhogeessa tumida H. Allen, 1866 | |
| Species | |
See text | |
Rhogeessa is a genus of bats within the vesper bats family, Vespertilionidae. [1]
This 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]
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