Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Parent taxon: Vespertilionidae according to N. J. Czaplewski et al. 2005
See also Choate and Birney 1968, Hay 1930, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Morgan 1994, Rabon et al. 2000, Salles et al. 2006 and Sherman 1952
Sister taxa: Ancenycteris, Antrozous, Anzanycteris, Barbastella, Chadronycteris, Corynorhinus, Hanakia, Hypsugo, Ia, Karstala, Kerivoulinae, Khonsunycteris, Lasionycteris, Lasiurus, Miniopterus, Miomyotis, Miostrellus, Murina, Myotinae, Myotis, Noctilioninia, Nyctalus, Nycticeius, Nyctophylinae, Oligomyotis, Paleptesicus, Phyllostomina, Pipistrellus, Plionycteris, Potamonycteris, Pteropina, Rhinolophina, Rhogeessa, Scotomanes, Scotophilus, Shanwangia, Simonycteris, Stehlinia, Suaptenos, Synemporion, Tylonycteris, Vespertilio, Vespertilionae, Vespertilionina, Vespertilioninae
Subtaxa: Eptesicus aurelianensis Eptesicus campanensis Eptesicus fuscus Eptesicus kowalskii Eptesicus mossoczyi Eptesicus noctuloides Eptesicus praeglacialis
Type: Vespertilio fuscus
Ecology: volant omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Austria (1), the Bahamas (3), Brazil (1), Cayman Islands (2), Cuba (1), Germany (1), Greece (2), Hungary (2), Peru (1), Romania (1), South Africa (3), Spain (1), United States (36: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (2)
• Blancan of United States (2: California, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1), South Africa (2), Turkey (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Arizona, Texas)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of China (3), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Portugal (1)
Total: 76 collections including 83 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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