Biology:Vespertilionoidea

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Short description: Superfamily of bats

Vespertilionoidea
Scotophilus kuhlii (Bukidnon, Philippines) 1.jpg
Lesser Asiatic yellow bat

(Scotophilus kuhlii)

Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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.[1]

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. 

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