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Vespertilionoidea
Taxonomy
Vespertilionoidea is a superfamily. It is extant.
It was corrected as Vespertilionoidae by Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Animalivora by Hay (1930); to Microchiroptera by Carroll (1988); and to Yangochiroptera by Ravel et al. (2016) and Amador et al. (2018).
It was corrected as Vespertilionoidae by Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Animalivora by Hay (1930); to Microchiroptera by Carroll (1988); and to Yangochiroptera by Ravel et al. (2016) and Amador et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1930 | Vespertilionoidae Hay p. 453 |
1988 | Vespertilionoidea Carroll |
2016 | Vespertilionoidea Ravel et al. p. 398 |
2018 | Vespertilionoidea Amador et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Superfm. Vespertilionoidea
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Fm. Molossidae Gervais 1856 [free-tailed bat]
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G. †Cuvierimops Legendre and Sigé 1983
G. Eumops Miller 1906 [mastiff bat]
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Eumops glaucinus Wagner 1843 [Wagner's bonneted bat]
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Invalid names: Molossides floridanus Allen 1932 [synonym]
Eumops perotis Schinz 1821 [western mastiff bat]
Eumops underwoodi Goodwin 1940
Invalid names: Molossides Allen 1932 [synonym]
Subfm. Molossinae Gervais 1855
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G. Molossops Peters 1865 [Dog-faced bats]
G. Molossus Geoffroy 1805
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†Molossus fortis Miller 1913
Molossus molossus Gray 1839 [Velvety free-tailed bat]
G. Promops Gervais 1855 [Dome-palate mastiff bats]
G. Mormopterus Peters 1865
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Subg. †Mormopterus (Hydromops) Legendre 1984
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†Mormopterus (Hydromops) helveticus Revilliod 1920
†Mormopterus (Hydromops) stehlini Revilliod 1920
†Mormopterus barrancae Czaplewski 2010
Mormopterus colombiensis Czaplewski 1997
G. Nyctinomus Geoffroy 1818
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†Nyctinomus helveticus Revilliod 1920
†Nyctinomus stehlini Revilliod 1920
Subfm. Tadaridinae Legendre 1984
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G. Mops Lesson 1842 [greater mastiff bat]
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†Mops kerio Gunnell and Manthi 2018
†Mops turkwellensis Gunnell and Manthi 2018
G. Nyctinomops Miller 1902 [free-tailed bat]
G. Tadarida Rafinesque 1814
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Tadarida aegyptiaca Geoffroy 1818 [Egyptian free-tailed bat]
Tadarida aurispinosa Peale 1848 [Peale's free-tailed bat]
Tadarida brasiliensis Geoffroy 1824 [Mexican free-tailed bat]
Tadarida brasiliensis antillularum Miller 1902
†Tadarida constantinei Lawrence 1960
†Tadarida engesseri Rachl 1983
Tadarida laticaudata Geoffroy 1805
†Tadarida leptognatha Rachl 1983
†Tadarida rusingae Arroyo-Cabrales et al. 2002
Tadarida teniotis Rafinesque 1814
Fm. Natalidae Gray 1866 [funnel-eared bat]
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Fm. Vespertilionidae Gray 1821 [vesper bat]
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G. †Ancenycteris Sutton and Genoways 1974
G. Antrozous Allen 1862 [pallid bat]
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Antrozous pallidus Le Conte 1856 [pallid bat]
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Invalid names: Pizonyx wheeleri Dalquest and Patrick 1989 [synonym]
G. Barbastella Gray 1821
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Barbastella barbastella Schreber 1775
Barbastella leucomelas Cretzschmar 1826
G. †Corynorhinus Allen 1865
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Corynorhinus rafinesquii Lesson 1827
Corynorhinus townsendii Cooper 1837
†Plecotus (Corynorhinus) atavus Topal 1989
G. Eptesicus Rafinesque 1820 [house bat]
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†Eptesicus aurelianensis Ziegler 1993
†Eptesicus campanensis Baudelot 1970
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 [big brown bat]
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Eptesicus fuscus wetmorei Jackson 1916
Invalid names: Eptesicus grandis Brown 1908 [synonym]
†Eptesicus kowalskii Woloszyn 1987
†Eptesicus mossoczyi Woloszyn 1987
†Eptesicus noctuloides Lartet 1851
†Eptesicus praeglacialis Kormos 1930
G. Lasiurus Gray 1831 [hairy-tailed bat]
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†Lasiurus borealis Muller 1776
Lasiurus borealis minor Miller 1931
†Lasiurus cinereus Palisot de Beauvois 1796
†Lasiurus fossilis Hibbard 1950
†Lasiurus golliheri Hibbard 1960
Lasiurus intermedius Allen 1862 [northern yellow bat]
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Invalid names: Dasypterus floridanus Miller 1902 [synonym]
Lasiurus seminolus Rhoads 1895
G. Miniopterus Bonaparte 1837 [bend-winged bat]
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†Miniopterus approximatus Woloszyn 1987
†Miniopterus fossilis Zapfe 1950
Miniopterus schreibersi Natterer 1819
†Miniopterus tao Woloszyn 1986
G. Myotis Kaup 1829
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†Myotis antiquus Gaillard 1899
†Myotis austroriparius Rhoads 1897
†Myotis baranensis Kormos 1934
Myotis bechsteini Leisler 1818
†Myotis belgicus Gunnell et al. 2017
Myotis blythi Tomes 1857 [lesser mouse-eared bat]
†Myotis boyeri Mein 1965
Myotis brandtii Eversmann 1845 [Brandts myotis]
†Myotis californicus Audubon and Bachman 1842
†Myotis danutae Kowalski 1956
Myotis dasycneme Boie 1825
Myotis daubentoni Kuhl 1817
Myotis davidii Peters 1869 [Davids myotis]
†Myotis elegans Baudelot 1972
Myotis emarginatus Geoffroy 1806
†Myotis estramosensis Topál 1983
†Myotis evotis Allen 1864
†Myotis exilis Heller 1936
†Myotis grisecens Howell 1909
Myotis grisescens Howell 1909 [gray bat]
Myotis ikonnikovi Ognev 1912 [Ikonnikov's bat]
†Myotis janossyi Topál 1983
†Myotis keenii Merriam 1895
†Myotis leibii Audubon and Bachman 1842
†Myotis lucifugus Le Conte 1831
†Myotis mangamolaris Choate and Hall 1967
†Myotis murinoides Trouessart 1904
Myotis myotis Borkhausen 1797 [greater mouse-eared bat]
Myotis mystacinus Leisler 1819
Myotis nattereri Kuhl 1818
Myotis oxygnathus Monticelli 1885
†Myotis paradaubentoni Topál 1983
†Myotis rectidens Choate and Hall 1967
†Myotis salodorensis Revilliod 1922
†Myotis sanctialbani Viret 1951
Myotis septentrionalis Trouessart 1897
Myotis siligorensis Horsfield 1855 [Himalayan whiskered bat]
†Myotis sodalis Miller and Allen 1928
Myotis subulatus Say 1823
†Myotis thysanodes Miller 1897
Myotis velifer Allen 1890 [cave myotis]
†Myotis volans Allen 1866
†Myotis yumanensis Allen 1864
Invalid names: Pizonyx Miller 1906 [synonym]
G. †Oligomyotis Galbreath 1962
G. Pipistrellus Kaup 1829 [pipistrelle bat]
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†Pipistrellus anemophilus Cope 1880
Pipistrellus hesperus Allen 1864 [western pipistrelle]
Pipistrellus kuhlii Natterer 1819 [Kuhl's pipistrelle]
Pipistrellus nathusii Keyserling and Blasius 1839
Pipistrellus pipistrellus Schreber 1774
Pipistrellus savii Bonaparte 1837
Pipistrellus subflavus Cuvier 1832 [eastern pipistrelle bat]
Pipistrellus tenuis Temminck 1840 [least pipistrelle]
Invalid names: Vesperugo Cope 1873 [synonym]
G. †Plionycteris Lindsay and Jacobs 1985
Tr. Pteropina Gray 1825
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G. Cynopterus Cuvier 1824
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Cynopterus titthaecheilus Temminck 1827 [Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat]
G. Harpyia Illiger 1811
G. Macroglossus Cuvier 1824
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Macroglossus minimus Geoffroy 1810
Macroglossus minimus lagochilus Matschie 1899
G. Rhogeessa Allen 1866 [lesser yellow bat]
G. Scotomanes Dobson 1875 [harlequin bat]
G. †Simonycteris Stirton 1931
G. †Stehlinia Revilliod 1919
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†Stehlinia bonisi Sigé 1990
†Stehlinia gracilis Revilliod 1919
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Invalid names: Nycterobius gracilis Revilliod 1922 [objective synonym], Pseudorhinolophus egerkingensis Revilliod 1922 [synonym]
Invalid names: Nycterobius Revilliod 1922 [objective synonym], Paleunycteris Revilliod 1919 [synonym], Revilliodia Simpson 1945 [objective synonym]
G. Tylonycteris Peters 1872 [bamboo bat]
G. Vespertilio Linnaeus 1758
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†Vespertilio caliginosus Tomes 1859
Vespertilio majori Kormos 1934
Vespertilio mastivus Vahl 1797
Vespertilio nilssoni Keyserling and Blasius 1839
Vespertilio praeglacialis Kormos 1934
Vespertilio serotinus Schreber 1774
Subfm. Vespertilionae Kurten and Anderson 1980
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G. Dasypterus Reuter 1871
G. Plecotus Geoffroy 1818
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†Plecotus alleganiensis Gidley and Gazin 1933
Plecotus auritus Linnaeus 1758 [common long-eared bat]
Plecotus austriacus Fischer 1829
†Plecotus crassidens Kormos 1930
†Plecotus rafinesquii Lesson 1818
†Plecotus tetralophodon Handley 1955
Plecotus townsendii Cooper 1837 [Townsend's big-eared bat]
Invalid names: Myotinae Tate 1942 [empty], Nyctophylinae [empty], Vespertilioninae Gray 1821 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available