Yucatan yellow bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Yucatan yellow bat Rhogeessa aeneus Least concern

Where the Yucatan yellow bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 54 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Rhogeessa aeneus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Vespertilionidae

Where does the Yucatan yellow bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Yucatan yellow bat in 1 country or territory across North America.

Mexico

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Yucatan yellow bat endangered?

The Yucatan yellow bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Yucatan yellow bat?

The Yucatan yellow bat (Rhogeessa aeneus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Vespertilionidae, genus Rhogeessa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Yucatan yellow bat

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yucatan yellow bat (revision 1315246591), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q618582 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).