| Van Gelder's Bat | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Vespertilioninae |
| Tribe: | Antrozoini |
| Genus: | Bauerus |
| Species: | B. dubiaquercus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bauerus dubiaquercus (Van Gelder, 1959) |
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Van Gelder's Bat (Bauerus dubiaquercus) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico. It is monotypic within its genus.[1] It is part of the tribe Antrozoini within the subfamily Vespertilioninae and is related to the Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus).[2]
The bat was discovered by Richard Van Gelder, then curator of Mammalogy at the American Museum of Natural History. He dubbed the bat "dubiaquercus" in honor of Oakes Plimpton, who doubted the newly-discovered bat was a different species (Quercus is Latin for "oak").