# Vespertilioninae

The Vespertilioninae are a subfamily of vesper bats from the family Vespertilionidae.

## Classification

Subfamily Vespertilioninae
* Tribe Antrozoini
** Genus Antrozous
*** Pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus
** Genus Bauerus
*** Van Gelder's bat, Bauerus dubiaquercus
** Genus Rhogeessa - Rhogeessa bats
*** Yucatan yellow bat, Rhogeessa aenea
*** Allen's yellow bat, Rhogeessa alleni
*** Bickham's yellow bat, Rhogeessa bickhami
*** Genoways's yellow bat, Rhogeessa genowaysi
*** Slender yellow bat, Rhogeessa gracilis
*** Husson's yellow bat, Rhogeessa hussoni
*** Thomas's yellow bat, Rhogeessa io
*** Menchu's yellow bat, Rhogeessa menchuae
*** Tiny yellow bat, Rhogeessa minutilla
*** Least yellow bat, Rhogeessa mira
*** Northern little yellow bat, Rhogeessa parvula
*** Nicaraguan little yellow bat, Rhogeessa permutandis
*** Black-winged little yellow bat, Rhogeessa tumida
*** Ecuadorian little yellow bat, Rhogeessa velilla
* Tribe Eptesicini
** Genus Arielulus
*** Bronze sprite, Arielulus circumdatus
*** Coppery sprite, Arielulus cuprosus
*** Social sprite, Arielulus societatis
** Genus Eptesicus – house bats
*** Anatolian serotine, Eptesicus anatolicus
*** Little black serotine, Eptesicus andinus
*** Bobrinski's serotine, Eptesicus bobrinskoi
*** Botta's serotine, Eptesicus bottae
*** Brazilian brown bat, Eptesicus brasiliensis
*** Chiriquinan serotine, Eptesicus chiriquinus
*** Diminutive serotine, Eptesicus diminutus
*** Horn-skinned bat, Eptesicus floweri
*** Argentine brown bat, Eptesicus furinalis
*** Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
*** Gobi big brown bat, Eptesicus gobiensis
*** Guadeloupe big brown bat, Eptesicus guadeloupensis
*** Long-tailed house bat, Eptesicus hottentotus
*** Harmless serotine, Eptesicus innoxius
*** Meridional serotine, Eptesicus isabellinus
*** Japanese short-tailed bat, Eptesicus japonensis
*** Kobayashi's bat, Eptesicus kobayashii
*** Langer's serotine, Eptesicus langeri
*** Eptesicus lobatus
*** Northern bat, Eptesicus nilssonii
*** Ognev's serotine, Eptesicus ognevi
*** Orinoco serotine, Eptesicus orinocensis
*** Oriental serotine, Eptesicus pachyomus
*** Thick-eared bat, Eptesicus pachyotis
*** Lagos serotine, Eptesicus platyops
*** Serotine bat, Eptesicus serotinus
*** Taddei's serotine, Eptesicus taddeii
*** Sombre bat, Eptesicus tatei
*** Ulapes serotine, Eptesicus ulapesensis
** Genus Glauconycteris – butterfly bats
*** Allen's striped bat, Glauconycteris alboguttata
*** Silvered bat, Glauconycteris argentata
*** Blackish butterfly bat, Glauconycteris atra
*** Beatrix's bat, Glauconycteris beatrix
*** Curry's bat, Glauconycteris curryae
*** Bibundi bat, Glauconycteris egeria
*** Glen's wattled bat, Glauconycteris gleni
*** Allen's spotted bat, Glauconycteris humeralis
*** Kenyan wattled bat, Glauconycteris kenyacola
*** Machado's butterfly bat, Glauconycteris machadoi
*** Abo bat, Glauconycteris poensis
*** Pied butterfly bat, Glauconycteris superba
*** Variegated butterfly bat, Glauconycteris variegata
** Genus Hesperoptenus – false serotine bats
*** Blanford's bat, Hesperoptenus blanfordi
*** False serotine bat, Hesperoptenus doriae
*** Gaskell's false serotine, Hesperoptenus gaskelli
*** Tickell's bat, Hesperoptenus tickelli
*** Large false serotine, Hesperoptenus tomesi
** Genus Histiotus – big-eared brown bats
*** Strange big-eared brown bat, Histiotus alienus
*** Cadena-García's big-eared brown bat, Histiotus cadenai
*** Colombian big-eared brown bat, Histiotus colombiae
*** Transparent-winged big-eared brown bat, Histiotus diaphanopterus
*** Humboldt big-eared brown bat, Histiotus humboldti
*** Thomas's big-eared brown bat, Histiotus laephotis
*** Big-eared brown bat, Histiotus macrotus
*** Southern big-eared brown bat, Histiotus magellanicus
*** Moche big-eared brown bat, Histiotus mochica
*** Small big-eared brown bat, Histiotus montanus
*** Tropical big-eared brown bat, Histiotus velatus
** Genus Ia
*** Great evening bat, Ia io
** Genus Lasionycteris
*** Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
** Genus Scoteanax
*** Rüppell's broad-nosed bat, Scoteanax rueppellii
** Genus Scotomanes
*** Harlequin bat, Scotomanes ornatus
** Genus Scotorepens - lesser broad-nosed bats
*** Inland broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens balstoni
*** Little broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens greyii
*** Eastern broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens orion
*** Northern broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens sanborni
** Genus Thainycteris
*** Collared sprite, Thainycteris aureocollaris
*** Necklace sprite, Thainycteris torquatus
* Tribe incertae sedis
** Genus Rhyneptesicus
*** Sind bat, Rhyneptesicus nasutus
* Tribe Lasiurini
** Genus Aeorestes – hoary bats
*** Hoary bat, Aeorestes cinereus
*** Big red bat, Aeorestes egregius
*** Hawaiian hoary bat, Aeorestes semotus
*** South American hoary bat, Aeorestes villosissimus
** Genus Dasypterus – yellow bats
*** Southern yellow bat, Dasypterus ega
*** Cuban yellow bat, Dasypterus insularis
*** Northern yellow bat, Dasypterus intermedius
*** Western yellow bat, Dasypterus xanthinus
** Genus Lasiurus – red or hairy-tailed bats
*** Arequipa red bat, Lasiurus arequipae
*** Greater red bat, Lasiurus atratus
*** Southern red bat, Lasiurus blossevillii
*** Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis
*** Tacarcuna bat, Lasiurus castaneus
*** Jamaican red bat, Lasiurus degelidus
*** Hairy-tailed bat, Lasiurus ebenus
*** Western red bat, Lasiurus frantzii
*** Minor red bat, Lasiurus minor
*** Pfeiffer's red bat, Lasiurus pfeifferi
*** Seminole bat, Lasiurus seminolus
*** Cinnamon red bat, Lasiurus varius
* Tribe Nycticeiini
** Genus Nycticeius – evening bats
*** Temminck's mysterious bat, Nycticeius aenobarbus
*** Evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis
*** Cuban evening bat, Nycticeius cubanus
* Tribe Perimyotini
** Genus Parastrellus
*** Canyon bat, Parastrellus hesperus
** Genus Perimyotis
*** Tricolored bat, Perimyotis subflavus
* Tribe Pipistrellini
** Genus Glischropus – thick-thumbed bats
*** Dark thick-thumbed bat, Glischropus aquilus
*** Indochinese thick-thumbed bat, Glischropus bucephalus
*** Javan thick-thumbed bat, Glischropus javanus
*** Common thick-thumbed bat, Glischropus tylopus
** Genus Nyctalus – noctule bats
*** Birdlike noctule, Nyctalus aviator
*** Azores noctule, Nyctalus azoreum
*** Japanese noctule, Nyctalus furvus
*** Greater noctule bat, Nyctalus lasiopterus
*** Lesser noctule, Nyctalus leisleri
*** Mountain noctule, Nyctalus montanus
*** Common noctule, Nyctalus noctula
*** Chinese noctule, Nyctalus plancyi
** Genus Pipistrellus – Pipistrelles or Pipistrelle bats
*** Japanese pipistrelle, Pipistrellus abramus
*** Forest pipistrelle, Pipistrellus adamsi
*** Mount Gargues pipistrelle, Pipistrellus aero
*** Angulate pipistrelle, Pipistrellus angulatus
*** Kelaart's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus ceylonicus
*** Greater Papuan pipistrelle, Pipistrellus collinus
*** Indian pipistrelle, Pipistrellus coromandra
*** Crete pipistrelle, Pipistrellus creticus
*** Dhofar pipistrelle, Pipistrellus dhofarensis
*** Endo's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus endoi
*** Hanaki's dwarf bat, Pipistrellus hanaki
*** Dusky pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hesperidus
*** Aellen's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus inexspectatus
*** Java pipistrelle, Pipistrellus javanicus
*** Kuhl's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus kuhlii
*** Madeira pipistrelle, Pipistrellus maderensis
*** Minahassa pipistrelle, Pipistrellus minahassae
*** †Christmas Island pipistrelle, Pipistrellus murrayi
*** Tiny pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nanulus
*** Nathusius's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nathusii
*** Lesser Papuan pipistrelle, Pipistrellus papuanus
*** Mount Popa pipistrelle, Pipistrellus paterculus
*** Dar es Salaam pipistrelle, Pipistrellus permixtus
*** Common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus
*** Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus
*** Rusty pipistrelle, Pipistrellus rusticus
*** Simandou pipistrelle, Pipistrellus simandouensis
*** Narrow-winged pipistrelle, Pipistrellus stenopterus
*** †Sturdee's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus sturdeei
*** Least pipistrelle, Pipistrellus tenuis
*** Watts's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus wattsi
*** Northern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus westralis
** Genus Scotoecus - house bats
*** White-bellied lesser house bat, Scotoecus albigula
*** Light-winged lesser house bat, Scotoecus albofuscus
*** Hinde's lesser house bat, Scotoecus hindei
*** Dark-winged lesser house bat, Scotoecus hirundo
*** Desert yellow bat, Scotoecus pallidus
** Genus Scotozous
*** Dormer's bat, Scotozous dormeri
** Genus Vansonia
*** Rüppell's bat, Vansonia rueppellii
* Tribe Plecotini
** Genus Barbastella – barbastelles or barbastelle bats
*** Western barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellus
*** Beijing barbastelle, Barbastella beijingensis
*** Caspian barbastelle, Barbastella caspica
*** Eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle, Barbastella darjelingensis
*** Arabian barbastelle, Barbastella leucomelas
*** Japanese barbastelle, Barbastella pacifica
** Genus Corynorhinus – American lump-nosed bats
*** Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus rafinesquii
*** Mexican big-eared bat, Corynorhinus mexicanus
*** Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii
** Genus Euderma
*** Spotted bat, Euderma maculatum
** Genus Idionycteris
*** Allen's big-eared bat, Idionycteris phyllotis
** Genus Otonycteris
*** Desert long-eared bat, Otonycteris hemprichii
*** Turkestani long-eared bat, Otonycteris leucophaea
** Genus Plecotus – lump-nosed bats
*** Brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus
*** Grey long-eared bat, Plecotus austriacus
*** Ethiopian long-eared bat, Plecotus balensis
*** Christie's long-eared bat, Plecotus christii
*** Gaisler's long-eared bat, Plecotus gaisleri
*** Himalayan long-eared bat, Plecotus homochrous
*** Mediterranean long-eared bat, Plecotus kolombatovici
*** Kozlov's long-eared bat, Plecotus kozlovi
*** Alpine long-eared bat, Plecotus macrobullaris
*** Ognev's long-eared bat Plecotus ognevi
*** Japanese long-eared bat, Plecotus sacrimontis
*** Sardinian long-eared bat, Plecotus sardus
*** Strelkov's long-eared bat, Plecotus strelkovi
*** Taiwan long-eared bat, Plecotus taivanus
*** Canary long-eared bat, Plecotus teneriffae
*** Turkmen long-eared bat, Plecotus turkmenicus
*** Ward's long-eared bat, Plecotus wardi
* Tribe Scotophilini
** Genus Scotophilus – Old World yellow bats
*** East African yellow bat, Scotophilus altilis
*** Andrew Rebori's house bat, Scotophilus andrewreborii
*** Lesser yellow bat, Scotophilus borbonicus
*** Sulawesi yellow bat, Scotophilus celebensis
*** Eritrean yellow bat, Scotophilus colias
*** Sody's yellow bat, Scotophilus collinus
*** African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii
*** Ejeta's yellow bat, Scotophilus ejetai
*** Greater Asiatic yellow bat, Scotophilus heathi
*** Lesser Asiatic yellow bat, Scotophilus kuhlii
*** White-bellied yellow bat, Scotophilus leucogaster
*** Livingstone's yellow bat, Scotophilus livingstonii
*** Marovaza yellow bat, Scotophilus marovaza
*** Schreber's yellow bat, Scotophilus nigrita
*** Western greenish yellow bat, Scotophilus nigritellus
*** Robbins's yellow bat, Scotophilus nucella'
*** Nut-colored yellow bat, Scotophilus nux
*** Robust yellow bat, Scotophilus robustus
*** Malagasy yellow bat, Scotophilus tandrefana
*** Trujillo's yellow bat, Scotophilus trujilloi
*** Eastern greenish yellow bat, Scotophilus viridis
* Tribe Vespertilionini
** Genus Afronycteris
*** Heller's serotine, Afronycteris helios
*** Banana serotine, Afronycteris nanus
** Genus Cassistrellus – helmeted bats
*** Surat helmeted bat, Cassistrellus dimissus
*** Yok Don helmeted bat, Cassistrellus yokdonensis
** Genus Chalinolobus – wattled bats
*** Large-eared pied bat, Chalinolobus dwyeri
*** Gould's wattled bat, Chalinolobus gouldii
*** Chocolate wattled bat, Chalinolobus morio
*** New Caledonian wattled bat, Chalinolobus neocaledonicus
*** Hoary wattled bat, Chalinolobus nigrogriseus
*** Little pied bat, Chalinolobus picatus
*** New Zealand long-tailed bat or long-tailed wattled bat, Chalinolobus tuberculatus
** Genus Falsistrellus – false pipistrelles
*** Western false pipistrelle, Falsistrellus mackenziei
*** Eastern false pipistrelle, Falsistrellus tasmaniensis
** 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
*** Moloney's mimic bat, Mimetillus moloneyi
*** Thomas's mimic bat, Mimetillus thomasi
** Genus Mirostrellus
*** Joffre's bat, Mirostrellus joffrei
** Genus Neoromicia
*** Anchieta's serotine, Neoromicia anchietae
*** Kirindy serotine, Neoromicia bemainty
*** Yellow serotine, Neoromicia flavescens
*** Tiny serotine, Neoromicia guineensis
*** Melck's house bat, Neoromicia melckorum
*** Somali serotine, Neoromicia somalica
*** Zulu serotine, Neoromicia zuluensis
** 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
*** Holts' 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
*** New Guinea big-eared bat, Pharotis imogene
** Genus Philetor
*** Rohu's bat, Philetor brachypterus
** Genus Pseudoromicia
*** Dark-brown serotine, Pseudoromicia brunnea
*** Isabelline serotine, Pseudoromicia isabella
*** Kityo's serotine, Pseudoromicia kityoi
*** Nyanza serotine, Pseudoromicia nyanza
*** Rendall's serotine, Pseudoromicia rendalli
*** Rosevear's serotine, Pseudoromicia roseveari
*** White-winged serotine, Pseudoromicia tenuipinnis
** Genus Tylonycteris – bamboo bats
*** Amber bamboo bat, Tylonycteris fulvida
*** Malayan bamboo bat, Tylonycteris malayana
*** Lesser bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pachypus
*** Pygmy bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pygmaeus
*** Greater bamboo bat, Tylonycteris robustula
*** Tonkin bamboo bat, Tylonycteris tonkinensis
** Genus Vespadelus
*** Inland forest bat, Vespadelus baverstocki
*** Northern cave bat, Vespadelus caurinus
*** Large forest bat, Vespadelus darlingtoni
*** Yellow-lipped bat, Vespadelus douglasorum
*** Finlayson's cave bat, Vespadelus finlaysoni
*** Eastern forest bat, Vespadelus pumilus
*** Southern forest bat, Vespadelus regulus
*** Troughton's forest bat, Vespadelus troughtoni
*** Little forest bat, Vespadelus vulturnus
** Genus Vespertilio – frosted bats
*** Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus
*** Asian parti-colored bat, Vespertilio sinensis