Vespertilionoidea

Vespertilionoidea
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–present
Lesser Asiatic yellow bat

(Scotophilus kuhlii)

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
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.

The earliest known member of the group is Stehlinia from the Middle Eocene, although its taxonomic affiliation has been previously disputed.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.