Vespertilionini Explained
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.[1] [2] [3]
Species
Species in the tribe include:
- Genus Afronycteris
- Genus Cassistrellus – helmeted bats
- Surat helmeted bat, Cassistrellus dimissus
- Yok Don helmeted bat, Cassistrellus yokdonensis
- Genus Chalinolobus – wattled bats
- Genus Falsistrellus – false pipistrelles
- Genus Hypsugo – Asian pipistrelles
- Chocolate pipistrelle, Hypsugo affinis
- Alashanian pipistrelle, Hypsugo alaschanicus
- Arabian pipistrelle, Hypsugo arabicus
- Desert pipistrelle, Hypsugo ariel
- Bodenheimer's pipistrelle, Hypsugo bodenheimeri
- Cadorna's pipistrelle, Hypsugo cadornae
- Long-toothed pipistrelle, Hypsugo dolichodon
- Brown pipistrelle, Hypsugo imbricatus
- Red-brown pipistrelle, Hypsugo kitcheneri
- Socotran pipistrelle or Lanza's pipistrelle, Hypsugo lanzai
- Burma pipistrelle, Hypsugo lophurus
- Big-eared pipistrelle, Hypsugo macrotis
- Pungent pipistrelle, Hypsugo mordax
- Mouselike pipistrelle, Hypsugo musciculus
- Peters's pipistrelle, Hypsugo petersi
- Chinese pipistrelle, Hypsugo pulveratus
- Savi's pipistrelle, Hypsugo savii
- Vordermann's pipistrelle, Hypsugo vordermanni
- Genus Laephotis – long-eared bats
- Angolan long-eared bat, Laephotis angolensis
- Botswanan long-eared bat, Laephotis botswanae
- Cape serotine, Laeophotis capensis
- East African serotine, Laephotis kirinyaga
- Isalo serotine, Laephotis malagasyensis
- Malagasy serotine, Laephotis matroka
- Namib long-eared bat, Laephotis namibensis
- Roberts's serotine, Laephotis robertsi
- Stanley's serotine, Laephotis stanleyi
- De Winton's long-eared bat, Laephotis wintoni
- Genus Mimetillus
- Genus Mirostrellus
- Genus Neoromicia
- Genus Nycticeinops
- Bellier's serotine, Nycticeinops bellieri
- Broad-headed serotine, Nycticeinops crassulus
- Eisentraut's serotine, Nycticeinops eisentrauti
- Grandidier's serotine, Nycticeinops grandidieri
- Happolds's serotine, Nycticeinops happoldorum
- Large-headed serotine, Nycticeinops macrocephalus
- Schlieffen's serotine, Nycticeinops schlieffeni
- Genus Nyctophilus – New Guinean and Australian big-eared bats
- Northern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus arnhemensis
- Eastern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus bifax
- South-eastern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus corbeni
- Pallid long-eared bat, Nyctophilus daedalus
- Lesser long-eared bat, Nyctophilus geoffroyi
- Gould's long-eared bat, Nyctophilus gouldi
- Sunda long-eared bat, Nyctophilus heran
- †Lord Howe long-eared bat, Nyctophilus howensis
- Holt's long-eared bat, Nyctophilus holtorum
- Small-toothed long-eared bat, Nyctophilus microdon
- New Guinea long-eared bat, Nyctophilus microtis
- New Caledonian long-eared bat, Nyctophilus nebulosus
- Greater long-eared bat, Nyctophilus timoriensis
- Western long-eared bat, Nyctophilus major
- Tasmanian long-eared bat, Nyctophilus sherrini
- Mt. Missim long-eared bat, Nyctophilus shirleyae
- Pygmy long-eared bat, Nyctophilus walkeri
- Genus Pharotis
- Genus Philetor
- Genus Pseudoromicia
- Genus Tylonycteris – bamboo bats
- Genus Vespadelus
- Genus Vespertilio – frosted bats
Notes and References
- Web site: ITIS - Report: Vespertilionini. 2021-12-07. www.itis.gov.
- Web site: ADW: Vespertilionini: CLASSIFICATION. 2021-12-07. animaldiversity.org.
- Web site: BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Vespertilionini, serotines, forest bats, and relatives: CLASSIFICATION. 2021-12-07. www.biokids.umich.edu.
- 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. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00871.x. free.