Baeodon is a genus of vesper bats. It consists of two species:
- Allen's yellow bat, Baeodon alleni
- Slender yellow bat, Baeodon gracilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Baeodon Miller, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Baeodon alleni Thomas, 1892
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Baeodon was described as a new genus in 1906 by American zoologist Gerrit Smith Miller Jr.. The type species for the genus is Allen's yellow bat, which was previously in the genus Rhogeessa.[1] Later studies found that the slender yellow bat was the sister taxon of Allen's yellow bat.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Miller, G.S. (1906). "Twelve new genera of bats". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 19: 85.
- ^ Baird, Amy B.; Hillis, David M.; Patton, John C.; Bickham, John W. (2008). "Evolutionary history of the genus Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) as revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences". Journal of Mammalogy. 89 (3): 744–754. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-135R2.1. S2CID 31137332.
- ^ Solari, Sergio; Martínez-Arias, Víctor (2005). "Cambios recientes en la sistemática y taxonomía de murciélagos Neotropicales (Mammalia: Chiroptera)". Therya. 5: 167–196. doi:10.12933/therya-14-180.