Endangered
Genoways's yellow bat
Rhogeessa genowaysi
Genoways's yellow bat is a bat in the family Vespertilionidae (order Chiroptera) — Rhogeessa genowaysi, recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
It has yellow fur, and its ears are small and rounded. It is considered a cryptic species of bat because it is virtually identical to the black-winged little yellow bat, Rhogeessa tumida. The ranges of the two species overlap, making them sympatric. The best morphological trait to distinguish it from the black-winged little yellow bat is ear length.
It is a small species of bat, weighing approximately 5 g (0.18 oz).
Range and habitat
It is found in the southern part of the Mexican state of Chiapas in the Pacific lowlands. It has been captured under the canopy of mature, second growth tropical forests. It is found at elevations of 20–50 m (66–164 ft) above sea level.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
In crisis
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. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN.
Previous assessments by the IUCN had it ranked as vulnerable and near threatened in 2000 and 1996, respectively. Its population size is in decline, and its habitat is severely fragmented.
Genoways's yellow bat is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Genoways's yellow bat, Wikidata item Q618566. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
