Slender Yellow Bat

Slender Yellow BatThe Slender Yellow Bat is a small bat recorded in Mexico. Current taxonomic references use Baeodon gracilis for the taxon previously called Rhogeessa gracilis.What does it look like?Measurements reported from Jalisco specimens include a forearm of about 3.3 cm, ears about 1.8 cm, and total length about 8.4–8.9 cm.How does it live?The Slender Yellow Bat is a small bat recorded in Mexico. Current taxonomic references use Baeodon gracilis for the taxon previously called Rhogeessa gracilis.In Jalisco, bats were captured over streams running through pine-oak and oak forest. A pregnant individual was recorded in May. The material reviewed here does not establish its diet or day-roost sites.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.