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Husson’s Yellow Bat

Rhogeessa hussoni

French: Rhogeessa de Husson / German: Husson-Gelbfledermaus / Spanish: Rogesa de Husson

Taxonomy. Rhogeessa hussoni Genoways & R.J. Baker, 1996,

Sipaliwini Airstrip, Nickerie district, Suriname.

Previously included in R. tumida, but separated on karyological evidence. Monotypic.

Distribution. Suriname E through N Amazonian Brazil to NE Brazil, with scattered records from C & SE Brazil.

Descriptive notes. Forearm 30- 2 mm (type specimen). Dorsal fur is bicolored, with golden-brown bases and chestnut-brown tips; ventral fur similar to dorsal, with paler bases. Ears dark and triangular; tragus slender and tapers to point. Muzzle has inflated pads; eyes small. Wing membranes dark and naked; uropatagium sparsely furred at base, with hairs that rarely extend over knee. Skull relatively large (greatest skull length over 12- 8 mm), with mandibular tooth row proportionally short. Lingual surface of cingulum of C' is not smooth; I, is nearly as large as I,. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 52 and FN = 52.

Habitat. Known from Amazon forest and Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Has been captured over rivers, and in secondary tropical forests, submontane seasonal semideciduous forests, marsh vegetation with typical dominance of “buriti” palms ( Mauritia sp., Arecaceae), riparian vegetation, savannas, gallery forests, and inside a house. Elevational range is 283-370 m.

Food and Feeding. An aerial insectivore.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Poorly known, in terms of both distribution and ecology. Probably threatened by habitat loss.

Bibliography. Aires et al. (2011), Bianconi & Pedro (2017), Bickham & Ruedas (2008), Emmons & Feer (1997), Genoways & Baker (1996b), Mikalauskas et al. (2011), Sampaio et al. (2016g), Simmons (2005), Tavares, Aguiar et al. (2010), Tavares, Gregorin & Peracchi (2008).