Vespertilioninae

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus (7): Eptesicini – Lasiurini – Nycticeiini – Nyctophilini – Pipistrellini – Plecotini – Vespertilionini
Genera Incertae sedis (2): Parastrellus – Perimyotis

Name

Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821: 299

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  

Additional references

• Hoofer, S.R. & Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2003. Molecular phylogenetics of the chiropteran family Vespertilionidae. Acta Chiropterologica 5(suppl.): 1–63. DOI: 10.3161/001.005.s101 Reference page. 
• Hoofer, S.R., Van Den Bussche, R.A. & Horáček, I. 2006. Generic Status of the American Pipistrelles (Vespertilionidae) with Description of a New Genus. Journal of Mammalogy 87(5): 981–992. DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-425R1.1 Reference page. 
• Roehrs, Z.P., Lack, J.B. & Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2010. Tribal phylogenetic relationships within Vespertilioninae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data. Journal of Mammalogy 91(5): 1073–1092. DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-325.1 Reference page. 
• Amador, L.I., Arévalo-Moyers, R.L., Almeida, F.C., Catalano, S.A. & Giannni, N.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 Reference page. 

Links

• Vespertilioninae in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Evening bats, long-eared bats, pipistrelles, serotines, and relatives