The slender yellow bat (''Baeodon gracilis'') is a species of
vesper bat
Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...
. It is found only in
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
. It ranges from Jalisco and Zacatecas to Oaxaca states, where it has been found in pine and pine-oak forests, tropical dry forest, and dry shrublands from 600 to 2,000 meters elevation.
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References
Mammals described in 1897
Taxa named by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr.
Bats of Mexico
Endemic mammals of Mexico
Fauna of the Sierra Madre del Sur
Balsas dry forests
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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