Slender yellow bat

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Slender yellow bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Baeodon
Species:
B. gracilis
Binomial name
Baeodon gracilis
Miller, 1897
Distribution of Rhogeessa gracilis.png
Synonyms
  • Rhogeessa gracilis Miller, 1897

The slender yellow bat (Baeodon gracilis) is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Mexico. It ranges from Jalisco and Zacatecas to Oaxaca states, where it has been found in pine and pine-oak forests, tropical dry forest, and dry shrublands from 600 to 2,000 meters elevation. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Solari, S. (2019). "Baeodon gracilis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T19681A22007578. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T19681A22007578.en .