Image: Bat This  little yellow bat, known as Rhogeessa tumida,
which is native to Mexico, Panama, Guatemala and Nicaragua,
could be named after you or a loved one! updated 12/9/2008
11:29:22 AM ET 2008-12-09T16:29:22    The first of the nine
auctions began Monday, when the school put up for grabs the
naming rights to a tiny gold and black insect-munching bat found
in Central America.  The winning bidder will be announced just
before Christmas, said John Bickham, a Purdue professor of
forestry and natural resources who discovered or co-discovered
the nine species.  He expects the auctions to attract wide
interest, with the chance to include a person's Latinized name
in a new species' scientific name — a tradition that dates to
the mid-18th century.  "Unlike naming a building or something
like that, this is much more permanent. This will last as long
as we have our society," he said Monday.  Bickham said the first
bat whose naming rights are up for auction is a member of a
group of little yellow bats that live