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Vespertilionini

Vespertilionini is a tribe of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. The largest of the tribes in Vespertilioninae, it contains many genera found throughout the Old World and Australasia.

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Vespertilionini
Parti-colored bat (Vespertilio murinus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Tribe: Vespertilionini
Gray, 1821
Genera

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Vespertilionini is a tribe of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. The largest of the tribes in Vespertilioninae, it contains many genera found throughout the Old World and Australasia.1234

Species

Species in the tribe include:1

References

References

  1. Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2021-12-07
  2. "ITIS - Report: Vespertilionini". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. "ADW: Vespertilionini: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  4. "BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Vespertilionini, serotines, forest bats, and relatives: CLASSIFICATION". www.biokids.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  5. 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. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00871.x.