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Vespertilionidae (vesper bat)
Taxonomy
Vespertilionidae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant. Its type is Vespertilio.
It was assigned to Insectivorae by Gray (1821); to Primates by Gray (1825); to Animalivora by Cope (1889); to Vespertilionoidae by Hay (1930); to Microchiroptera by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Jaekel (1911), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Czaplewski (1991); to Vespertilionoidea by Carroll (1988) and Ravel et al. (2016); and to Chiroptera by Bonaparte (1850), Hay (1902), Sherman (1952), Kurten (1968), Butler (1984), Nowak (1991), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Korth and Evander (2016) and Korth et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Insectivorae by Gray (1821); to Primates by Gray (1825); to Animalivora by Cope (1889); to Vespertilionoidae by Hay (1930); to Microchiroptera by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Jaekel (1911), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Czaplewski (1991); to Vespertilionoidea by Carroll (1988) and Ravel et al. (2016); and to Chiroptera by Bonaparte (1850), Hay (1902), Sherman (1952), Kurten (1968), Butler (1984), Nowak (1991), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Korth and Evander (2016) and Korth et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Ancenycteris, Antrozous, Anzanycteris, Barbastella, Chadronycteris, Corynorhinus, Eptesicus, Hanakia, Hypsugo, Ia, Karstala, Kerivoulinae, Khonsunycteris, Lasionycteris, Lasiurus, Miniopterus, Miomyotis, Miostrellus, Murina, Myotinae, Myotis (syn. Pizonyx), Noctilioninia, Nyctalus, Nycticeius, Nyctophylinae, Oligomyotis, Paleptesicus, Phyllostomina, Pipistrellus (syn. Vesperugo), Plionycteris, Potamonycteris, Pteropina, Rhinolophina, Rhogeessa, Scotomanes, Scotophilus, Shanwangia, Simonycteris, Stehlinia (syn. Paleunycteris, Revilliodia, Nycterobius), Suaptenos, Synemporion, Tylonycteris, Vespertilio (type genus), Vespertilionae, Vespertilionina, Vespertilioninae
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Vespertilionidae Gray p. 299 |
| 1825 | Vespertilionidae Gray p. 338 |
| 1850 | Vespertilionidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1883 | Vespertilionidae Flower p. 185 |
| 1889 | Vespertilionidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Vespertilionidae Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1902 | Vespertilionidae Hay p. 742 |
| 1911 | Vespertilionidae Jaekel p. 213 |
| 1930 | Vespertilionidae Hay p. 453 |
| 1952 | Vespertilionidae Sherman p. 87 |
| 1968 | Vespertilionidae Kurten p. 52 |
| 1980 | Vespertilionidae Kurten and Anderson p. 118 |
| 1984 | Vespertilionidae Butler |
| 1988 | Vespertilionidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Vespertilionidae Czaplewski p. 716 |
| 1991 | Vespertilionidae Nowak |
| 2005 | Vespertilionidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2016 | Vespertilionidae Korth and Evander |
| 2016 | Vespertilionidae Ravel et al. p. 398 |
| 2022 | Vespertilionidae Korth 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.
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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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 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 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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 13 to the top of the Holocene or 48.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Collections (325 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian - Lutetian | Tunisia | Vespertilionidae indet. (87795) | |
| MP 13 - MP 14 | France (Quercy) | Stehlinia ruetimeyeri, Stehlinia pusilla (36875) | |
| Bartonian | Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) | Stehlinia minor (182607) | |
| Bartonian | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) | Stehlinia sp. (177581) | |
| Bartonian | Switzerland (Baselland) | Paleunycteris pusilla, Pseudorhinolophus egerkingensis (31720) Paleunycteris rutimeyeri (31721) | |
| Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Stehlinia gracilis (12849) | |
| Priabonian | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) | Stehlinia minor (31747) | |
| Priabonian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) | Stehlinia sp. (31756) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Nebraska) | Chadronycteris rabenae (16941) Stehlinia sp., Chadronycteris rabenae (17014) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | France (Quercy) | Stehlinia minor, Stehlinia quercyi, Stehlinia gracilis (12850) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Stehlinia minor, Stehlinia gracilis (41665) | |
| Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | Vespertilionidae indet. (230806) | |
| MP 20 - MP 21 | France (Occitanie) | Stehlinia minor, Stehlinia gracilis (183382) | |
| Orellan | USA (Colorado) | Oligomyotis casementi (17082) | |
| Orellan | USA (Montana) | Vespertilionidae indet. (17090) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Belgium | Myotis belgicus (31748) | |
| MP 22 | France | Stehlinia gracilis, Stehlinia bonisi (183452) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Khonsunycteris aegypticus (60127) | |
| Rupelian | France | Stehlinia minor, Stehlinia sp. (183381) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium (Brabant) | Myotis belgicus (75867) | |