Rhogeessa

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Antrozoini
Genus: Rhogeessa
Species: R. aenea – R. genowaysi – R. hussoni – R. io – R. minutilla – R. mira – R. parvula – R. tumida – R. velilla
Name

Rhogeessa H. Allen, 1866: 285

Type species: Rhogeessa tumida H. Allen, 1866

References
Primary references

Allen, H. 1866. Notes on the Vespertilionidæ of Tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18: 279–288. BHL Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Yellow Bats
polski: Żółcinek

Rhogeessa is a genus of bats within the vesper bats family, Vespertilionidae.[1]
Species

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

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]
References

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
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.
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.
Roots, E. H., & Baker, R. J. (2007). Rhogeessa parvula. Mammalian Species, 1-4.
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.