Vespertilionoidea
| Vespertilionoidea Temporal range: | |
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| Lesser Asiatic yellow bat (Scotophilus kuhlii) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Suborder: | Yangochiroptera |
| Superfamily: | Gray, 1821 |
Vespertilionoidea is a superfamily of bats containing five families: Cistugidae, Miniopteridae, Molossidae, Natalidae, and Vespertilionidae. It is one of three superfamilies in the suborder Yangochiroptera, the others being Noctilionoidea and Emballonuroidea.[1]
The earliest known member of the group is Stehlinia from the Middle Eocene, although its taxonomic affiliation has been previously disputed.[2]
References
- ^ Amador, Lucila I.; Moyers Arévalo, R. Leticia; Almeida, Francisca C.; Catalano, Santiago A.; Giannini, Norberto P. (2018). "Bat Systematics in the Light of Unconstrained Analyses of a Comprehensive Molecular Supermatrix". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 25: 37–70. doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9363-8. hdl:11336/55671. S2CID 3318167.
- ^ Jones, Matthew F.; Beard, K. Christopher; Simmons, Nancy B. (2024). "Phylogeny and systematics of early Paleogene bats". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 31 (2). doi:10.1007/s10914-024-09705-8. ISSN 1064-7554.