Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Parent taxon: Vespertilionidae according to J. R. Choate and E. C. Birney 1968
See also Eshelman et al. 2025, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Rabon et al. 2000 and Sherman 1952
Sister taxa: Ancenycteris, Antrozous, Anzanycteris, Barbastella, Chadronycteris, Corynorhinus, Eptesicus, Hanakia, Hypsugo, Ia, Karstala, Kerivoulinae, Khonsunycteris, Lasionycteris, Miomyotis, Miostrellus, Murina, Myotinae, Myotis, Noctilioninia, Nyctalus, Nycticeius, Nyctophylinae, Oligomyotis, Paleptesicus, Perimyotis, Phyllostomina, Pipistrellus, Plionycteris, Potamonycteris, Pteropina, Rhinolophina, Rhogeessa, Scotomanes, Scotophilus, Shanwangia, Simonycteris, Sonor, Stehlinia, Suaptenos, Synemporion, Tylonycteris, Vespertilio, Vespertilionae, Vespertilionina, Vespertilioninae
Subtaxa: Lasiurus borealis Lasiurus cinereus Lasiurus fossilis Lasiurus golliheri Lasiurus intermedius Lasiurus seminolus
Ecology: volant omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Cuba (1), Ecuador (2), United States (18: Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (6: Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 30 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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