Vespertilioninae

Vespertilioninae
	Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Subfamily:	Vespertilioninae; Gray, 1821
Tribes
	Antrozoini; Eptesicini; Lasiurini; Nycticeiini; Perimyotini; Pipistrellini; Plecotini; Scotophilini; Vespertilionini; ?Rhyneptesicus;

The Vespertilioninae ^[1] are a subfamily of vesper bats from the family Vespertilionidae.

Classification

Subfamily Vespertilioninae

Tribe Antrozoini
- Genus Antrozous
  - Pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus
- Genus Bauerus
  - Van Gelder's bat, Bauerus dubiaquercus
- Genus Rhogeessa - Rhogeessa bats
  - Yucatan yellow bat, Rhogeessa aenea
  - Allen's yellow bat, Rhogeessa alleni
  - Bickham's yellow bat, Rhogeessa bickhami
  - Genoways's yellow bat, Rhogeessa genowaysi
  - Slender yellow bat, Rhogeessa gracilis
  - Husson's yellow bat, Rhogeessa hussoni
  - Thomas's yellow bat, Rhogeessa io
  - Menchu's yellow bat, Rhogeessa menchuae
  - Tiny yellow bat, Rhogeessa minutilla
  - Least yellow bat, Rhogeessa mira
  - Northern little yellow bat, Rhogeessa parvula
  - Nicaraguan little yellow bat, Rhogeessa permutandis
  - Black-winged little yellow bat, Rhogeessa tumida
  - Ecuadorian little yellow bat, Rhogeessa velilla
Tribe Eptesicini
- Genus Arielulus
  - Bronze sprite, Arielulus circumdatus
  - Coppery sprite, Arielulus cuprosus
  - Social sprite, Arielulus societatis
- Genus Eptesicus – house bats
  - Anatolian serotine, Eptesicus anatolicus
  - Little black serotine, Eptesicus andinus
  - Bobrinski's serotine, Eptesicus bobrinskoi
  - Botta's serotine, Eptesicus bottae
  - Brazilian brown bat, Eptesicus brasiliensis
  - Chiriquinan serotine, Eptesicus chiriquinus
  - Diminutive serotine, Eptesicus diminutus
  - Horn-skinned bat, Eptesicus floweri
  - Argentine brown bat, Eptesicus furinalis
  - Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
  - Gobi big brown bat, Eptesicus gobiensis
  - Guadeloupe big brown bat, Eptesicus guadeloupensis
  - Long-tailed house bat, Eptesicus hottentotus
  - Harmless serotine, Eptesicus innoxius
  - Meridional serotine, Eptesicus isabellinus
  - Japanese short-tailed bat, Eptesicus japonensis
  - Kobayashi's bat, Eptesicus kobayashii
  - Langer's serotine, Eptesicus langeri
  - Eptesicus lobatus^[2]
  - Northern bat, Eptesicus nilssonii
  - Ognev's serotine, Eptesicus ognevi
  - Orinoco serotine, Eptesicus orinocensis
  - Oriental serotine, Eptesicus pachyomus
  - Thick-eared bat, Eptesicus pachyotis
  - Lagos serotine, Eptesicus platyops
  - Serotine bat, Eptesicus serotinus
  - Taddei's serotine, Eptesicus taddeii
  - Sombre bat, Eptesicus tatei
  - Ulapes serotine, Eptesicus ulapesensis
- Genus Glauconycteris – butterfly bats
  - Allen's striped bat, Glauconycteris alboguttata
  - Silvered bat, Glauconycteris argentata
  - Blackish butterfly bat, Glauconycteris atra
  - Beatrix's bat, Glauconycteris beatrix
  - Curry's bat, Glauconycteris curryae
  - Bibundi bat, Glauconycteris egeria
  - Glen's wattled bat, Glauconycteris gleni
  - Allen's spotted bat, Glauconycteris humeralis
  - Kenyan wattled bat, Glauconycteris kenyacola
  - Machado's butterfly bat, Glauconycteris machadoi
  - Abo bat, Glauconycteris poensis
  - Pied butterfly bat, Glauconycteris superba
  - Variegated butterfly bat, Glauconycteris variegata
- Genus Hesperoptenus – false serotine bats
  - Blanford's bat, Hesperoptenus blanfordi
  - False serotine bat, Hesperoptenus doriae
  - Gaskell's false serotine, Hesperoptenus gaskelli
  - Tickell's bat, Hesperoptenus tickelli
  - Large false serotine, Hesperoptenus tomesi
- Genus Histiotus – big-eared brown bats
  - Strange big-eared brown bat, Histiotus alienus
  - Cadena-García's big-eared brown bat, Histiotus cadenai
  - Colombian big-eared brown bat, Histiotus colombiae
  - Transparent-winged big-eared brown bat, Histiotus diaphanopterus
  - Humboldt big-eared brown bat, Histiotus humboldti
  - Thomas's big-eared brown bat, Histiotus laephotis
  - Big-eared brown bat, Histiotus macrotus
  - Southern big-eared brown bat, Histiotus magellanicus
  - Moche big-eared brown bat, Histiotus mochica
  - Small big-eared brown bat, Histiotus montanus
  - Tropical big-eared brown bat, Histiotus velatus
- Genus Ia
  - Great evening bat, Ia io
- Genus Lasionycteris
  - Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
- Genus Scoteanax
  - Rüppell's broad-nosed bat, Scoteanax rueppellii
- Genus Scotomanes
  - Harlequin bat, Scotomanes ornatus
- Genus Scotorepens - lesser broad-nosed bats
  - Inland broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens balstoni
  - Little broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens greyii
  - Eastern broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens orion
  - Northern broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens sanborni
- Genus Thainycteris
  - Collared sprite, Thainycteris aureocollaris
  - Necklace sprite, Thainycteris torquatus
Tribe incertae sedis
- Genus Rhyneptesicus
  - Sind bat, Rhyneptesicus nasutus
Tribe Lasiurini
- Genus Aeorestes – hoary bats
  - Hoary bat, Aeorestes cinereus
  - Big red bat, Aeorestes egregius
  - Hawaiian hoary bat, Aeorestes semotus
  - South American hoary bat, Aeorestes villosissimus
- Genus Dasypterus – yellow bats
  - Southern yellow bat, Dasypterus ega
  - Cuban yellow bat, Dasypterus insularis
  - Northern yellow bat, Dasypterus intermedius
  - Western yellow bat, Dasypterus xanthinus
- Genus Lasiurus – red or hairy-tailed bats
  - Arequipa red bat, Lasiurus arequipae
  - Greater red bat, Lasiurus atratus
  - Southern red bat, Lasiurus blossevillii
  - Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis
  - Tacarcuna bat, Lasiurus castaneus
  - Jamaican red bat, Lasiurus degelidus
  - Hairy-tailed bat, Lasiurus ebenus
  - Western red bat, Lasiurus frantzii
  - Minor red bat, Lasiurus minor
  - Pfeiffer's red bat, Lasiurus pfeifferi
  - Seminole bat, Lasiurus seminolus
  - Cinnamon red bat, Lasiurus varius
Tribe Nycticeiini
- Genus Nycticeius – evening bats
  - Temminck's mysterious bat, Nycticeius aenobarbus
  - Evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis
  - Cuban evening bat, Nycticeius cubanus
Tribe Perimyotini
- Genus Parastrellus
  - Canyon bat, Parastrellus hesperus
- Genus Perimyotis
  - Tricolored bat, Perimyotis subflavus
Tribe Pipistrellini
- Genus Glischropus – thick-thumbed bats
  - Dark thick-thumbed bat, Glischropus aquilus
  - Indochinese thick-thumbed bat, Glischropus bucephalus
  - Javan thick-thumbed bat, Glischropus javanus
  - Common thick-thumbed bat, Glischropus tylopus
- Genus Nyctalus – noctule bats
  - Birdlike noctule, Nyctalus aviator
  - Azores noctule, Nyctalus azoreum
  - Japanese noctule, Nyctalus furvus
  - Greater noctule bat, Nyctalus lasiopterus
  - Lesser noctule, Nyctalus leisleri
  - Mountain noctule, Nyctalus montanus
  - Common noctule, Nyctalus noctula
  - Chinese noctule, Nyctalus plancyi
- Genus Pipistrellus – Pipistrelles or Pipistrelle bats
  - Japanese pipistrelle, Pipistrellus abramus
  - Forest pipistrelle, Pipistrellus adamsi
  - Mount Gargues pipistrelle, Pipistrellus aero
  - Angulate pipistrelle, Pipistrellus angulatus
  - Kelaart's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus ceylonicus
  - Greater Papuan pipistrelle, Pipistrellus collinus
  - Indian pipistrelle, Pipistrellus coromandra
  - Crete pipistrelle, Pipistrellus creticus
  - Dhofar pipistrelle, Pipistrellus dhofarensis
  - Endo's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus endoi
  - Hanaki's dwarf bat, Pipistrellus hanaki
  - Dusky pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hesperidus
  - Aellen's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus inexspectatus
  - Java pipistrelle, Pipistrellus javanicus
  - Kuhl's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus kuhlii
  - Madeira pipistrelle, Pipistrellus maderensis
  - Minahassa pipistrelle, Pipistrellus minahassae
  - †Christmas Island pipistrelle, Pipistrellus murrayi
  - Tiny pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nanulus
  - Nathusius's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nathusii
  - Lesser Papuan pipistrelle, Pipistrellus papuanus
  - Mount Popa pipistrelle, Pipistrellus paterculus
  - Dar es Salaam pipistrelle, Pipistrellus permixtus
  - Common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus
  - Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus
  - Rusty pipistrelle, Pipistrellus rusticus
  - Simandou pipistrelle, Pipistrellus simandouensis
  - Narrow-winged pipistrelle, Pipistrellus stenopterus
  - †Sturdee's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus sturdeei
  - Least pipistrelle, Pipistrellus tenuis
  - Watts's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus wattsi
  - Northern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus westralis
- Genus Scotoecus - house bats
  - White-bellied lesser house bat, Scotoecus albigula
  - Light-winged lesser house bat, Scotoecus albofuscus
  - Hinde's lesser house bat, Scotoecus hindei
  - Dark-winged lesser house bat, Scotoecus hirundo
  - Desert yellow bat, Scotoecus pallidus
- Genus Scotozous
  - Dormer's bat, Scotozous dormeri
- Genus Vansonia
  - Rüppell's bat, Vansonia rueppellii
Tribe Plecotini
- Genus Barbastella – barbastelles or barbastelle bats
  - Western barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellus
  - Beijing barbastelle, Barbastella beijingensis
  - Caspian barbastelle, Barbastella caspica
  - Eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle, Barbastella darjelingensis
  - Arabian barbastelle, Barbastella leucomelas
  - Japanese barbastelle, Barbastella pacifica
- Genus Corynorhinus – American lump-nosed bats
  - Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus rafinesquii
  - Mexican big-eared bat, Corynorhinus mexicanus
  - Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii
- Genus Euderma
  - Spotted bat, Euderma maculatum
- Genus Idionycteris
  - Allen's big-eared bat, Idionycteris phyllotis
- Genus Otonycteris
  - Desert long-eared bat, Otonycteris hemprichii
  - Turkestani long-eared bat, Otonycteris leucophaea
- Genus Plecotus – lump-nosed bats
  - Brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus
  - Grey long-eared bat, Plecotus austriacus
  - Ethiopian long-eared bat, Plecotus balensis
  - Christie's long-eared bat, Plecotus christii
  - Gaisler's long-eared bat, Plecotus gaisleri
  - Himalayan long-eared bat, Plecotus homochrous
  - Mediterranean long-eared bat, Plecotus kolombatovici
  - Kozlov's long-eared bat, Plecotus kozlovi
  - Alpine long-eared bat, Plecotus macrobullaris
  - Ognev's long-eared bat Plecotus ognevi
  - Japanese long-eared bat, Plecotus sacrimontis
  - Sardinian long-eared bat, Plecotus sardus
  - Strelkov's long-eared bat, Plecotus strelkovi
  - Taiwan long-eared bat, Plecotus taivanus
  - Canary long-eared bat, Plecotus teneriffae
  - Turkmen long-eared bat, Plecotus turkmenicus
  - Ward's long-eared bat, Plecotus wardi
Tribe Scotophilini
- Genus Scotophilus – Old World yellow bats
  - East African yellow bat, Scotophilus altilis
  - Andrew Rebori's house bat, Scotophilus andrewreborii
  - Lesser yellow bat, Scotophilus borbonicus
  - Sulawesi yellow bat, Scotophilus celebensis
  - Eritrean yellow bat, Scotophilus colias
  - Sody's yellow bat, Scotophilus collinus
  - African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii
  - Ejeta's yellow bat, Scotophilus ejetai
  - Greater Asiatic yellow bat, Scotophilus heathi
  - Lesser Asiatic yellow bat, Scotophilus kuhlii
  - White-bellied yellow bat, Scotophilus leucogaster
  - Livingstone's yellow bat, Scotophilus livingstonii
  - Marovaza yellow bat, Scotophilus marovaza
  - Schreber's yellow bat, Scotophilus nigrita
  - Western greenish yellow bat, Scotophilus nigritellus
  - Robbins's yellow bat, Scotophilus nucella'
  - Nut-colored yellow bat, Scotophilus nux
  - Robust yellow bat, Scotophilus robustus
  - Malagasy yellow bat, Scotophilus tandrefana
  - Trujillo's yellow bat, Scotophilus trujilloi
  - Eastern greenish yellow bat, Scotophilus viridis
Tribe Vespertilionini
- Genus Afronycteris
  - Heller's serotine, Afronycteris helios
  - Banana serotine, Afronycteris nanus
- Genus Cassistrellus – helmeted bats
  - Surat helmeted bat, Cassistrellus dimissus
  - Yok Don helmeted bat, Cassistrellus yokdonensis
- Genus Chalinolobus – wattled bats
  - Large-eared pied bat, Chalinolobus dwyeri
  - Gould's wattled bat, Chalinolobus gouldii
  - Chocolate wattled bat, Chalinolobus morio
  - New Caledonian wattled bat, Chalinolobus neocaledonicus
  - Hoary wattled bat, Chalinolobus nigrogriseus
  - Little pied bat, Chalinolobus picatus
  - New Zealand long-tailed bat or long-tailed wattled bat, Chalinolobus tuberculatus
- Genus Falsistrellus – false pipistrelles
  - Western false pipistrelle, Falsistrellus mackenziei
  - Eastern false pipistrelle, Falsistrellus tasmaniensis
- Genus Hypsugo – Asian pipistrelles
  - Chocolate pipistrelle, Hypsugo affinis
  - Alashanian pipistrelle, Hypsugo alaschanicus
  - Arabian pipistrelle, Hypsugo arabicus
  - Desert pipistrelle, Hypsugo ariel
  - Bodenheimer's pipistrelle, Hypsugo bodenheimeri
  - Cadorna's pipistrelle, Hypsugo cadornae
  - Long-toothed pipistrelle, Hypsugo dolichodon
  - Brown pipistrelle, Hypsugo imbricatus
  - Red-brown pipistrelle, Hypsugo kitcheneri
  - Socotran pipistrelle or Lanza's pipistrelle, Hypsugo lanzai
  - Burma pipistrelle, Hypsugo lophurus
  - Big-eared pipistrelle, Hypsugo macrotis
  - Pungent pipistrelle, Hypsugo mordax
  - Mouselike pipistrelle, Hypsugo musciculus
  - Peters's pipistrelle, Hypsugo petersi
  - Chinese pipistrelle, Hypsugo pulveratus
  - Savi's pipistrelle, Hypsugo savii
  - Vordermann's pipistrelle, Hypsugo vordermanni
- Genus Laephotis – long-eared bats
  - Angolan long-eared bat, Laephotis angolensis
  - Botswanan long-eared bat, Laephotis botswanae
  - Cape serotine, Laeophotis capensis
  - East African serotine, Laephotis kirinyaga
  - Isalo serotine, Laephotis malagasyensis
  - Malagasy serotine, Laephotis matroka
  - Namib long-eared bat, Laephotis namibensis
  - Roberts's serotine, Laephotis robertsi
  - Stanley's serotine, Laephotis stanleyi
  - De Winton's long-eared bat, Laephotis wintoni
- Genus Mimetillus
  - Moloney's mimic bat, Mimetillus moloneyi
  - Thomas's mimic bat, Mimetillus thomasi
- Genus Mirostrellus
  - Joffre's bat, Mirostrellus joffrei
- Genus Neoromicia
  - Anchieta's serotine, Neoromicia anchietae
  - Kirindy serotine, Neoromicia bemainty
  - Yellow serotine, Neoromicia flavescens
  - Tiny serotine, Neoromicia guineensis
  - Melck's house bat, Neoromicia melckorum
  - Somali serotine, Neoromicia somalica
  - Zulu serotine, Neoromicia zuluensis
- Genus Nycticeinops
  - Bellier's serotine, Nycticeinops bellieri
  - Broad-headed serotine, Nycticeinops crassulus
  - Eisentraut's serotine, Nycticeinops eisentrauti
  - Grandidier's serotine, Nycticeinops grandidieri
  - Happolds's serotine, Nycticeinops happoldorum
  - Large-headed serotine, Nycticeinops macrocephalus
  - Schlieffen's serotine, Nycticeinops schlieffeni
- Genus Nyctophilus – New Guinean and Australian big-eared bats
  - Northern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus arnhemensis
  - Eastern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus bifax
  - South-eastern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus corbeni
  - Pallid long-eared bat, Nyctophilus daedalus
  - Lesser long-eared bat, Nyctophilus geoffroyi
  - Gould's long-eared bat, Nyctophilus gouldi
  - Sunda long-eared bat, Nyctophilus heran
  - †Lord Howe long-eared bat, Nyctophilus howensis
  - Holts' long-eared bat, Nyctophilus holtorum
  - Small-toothed long-eared bat, Nyctophilus microdon
  - New Guinea long-eared bat, Nyctophilus microtis
  - New Caledonian long-eared bat, Nyctophilus nebulosus
  - Greater long-eared bat, Nyctophilus timoriensis
  - Western long-eared bat, Nyctophilus major
  - Tasmanian long-eared bat, Nyctophilus sherrini
  - Mt. Missim long-eared bat, Nyctophilus shirleyae
  - Pygmy long-eared bat, Nyctophilus walkeri
- Genus Pharotis
  - New Guinea big-eared bat, Pharotis imogene
- Genus Philetor
  - Rohu's bat, Philetor brachypterus
- Genus Pseudoromicia
  - Dark-brown serotine, Pseudoromicia brunnea
  - Isabelline serotine, Pseudoromicia isabella
  - Kityo's serotine, Pseudoromicia kityoi
  - Nyanza serotine, Pseudoromicia nyanza
  - Rendall's serotine, Pseudoromicia rendalli
  - Rosevear's serotine, Pseudoromicia roseveari^[3]
  - White-winged serotine, Pseudoromicia tenuipinnis
- Genus Tylonycteris – bamboo bats
  - Amber bamboo bat, Tylonycteris fulvida
  - Malayan bamboo bat, Tylonycteris malayana
  - Lesser bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pachypus
  - Pygmy bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pygmaeus
  - Greater bamboo bat, Tylonycteris robustula
  - Tonkin bamboo bat, Tylonycteris tonkinensis
- Genus Vespadelus
  - Inland forest bat, Vespadelus baverstocki
  - Northern cave bat, Vespadelus caurinus
  - Large forest bat, Vespadelus darlingtoni
  - Yellow-lipped bat, Vespadelus douglasorum
  - Finlayson's cave bat, Vespadelus finlaysoni
  - Eastern forest bat, Vespadelus pumilus
  - Southern forest bat, Vespadelus regulus
  - Troughton's forest bat, Vespadelus troughtoni
  - Little forest bat, Vespadelus vulturnus
- Genus Vespertilio – frosted bats
  - Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus
  - Asian parti-colored bat, Vespertilio sinensis

References

^ "Vespertilioninae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 22, 2007.
^ Zagorodniuk I. 2009. Morphology of post-calcarial lobe in bats and its variation in Eptesicus “serotinus” (Mammalia). Visnyk Lviv University. Series Biology. 2009. Issue 51.
^ Monadjem, A.; Richards, L.; Taylor, P. J.; Stoffberg, S. (2013). "High diversity of pipistrelloid bats (Vespertilionidae: Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus) in a West African rainforest with the description of a new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167 (1): 191–207. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00871.x.

[1] "Vespertilioninae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 22, 2007.

[2] Zagorodniuk I. 2009. Morphology of post-calcarial lobe in bats and its variation in Eptesicus “serotinus” (Mammalia). Visnyk Lviv University. Series Biology. 2009. Issue 51.

[Monadjem_2013-3] Monadjem, A.; Richards, L.; Taylor, P. J.; Stoffberg, S. (2013). "High diversity of pipistrelloid bats (Vespertilionidae: Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus) in a West African rainforest with the description of a new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167 (1): 191–207. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00871.x.

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Vespertilioninae

Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Subfamily:	Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821
Tribes
Antrozoini Eptesicini Lasiurini Nycticeiini Perimyotini Pipistrellini Plecotini Scotophilini Vespertilionini ?Rhyneptesicus