Vespertilioninae Explained

The Vespertilioninae 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^[1]
  - 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^[2]
  - 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

Notes and References

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. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00871.x. free.