Hesperoptenus
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Genus of bats
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Eptesicini |
| Genus: | Hesperoptenus Peters, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Vesperus (Hesperoptenus) doriae Peters, 1868
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Hesperoptenus is a genus of bats within the Vespertilionidae or vesper bat family.[1]
The species within this genus are:[2]
- 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)
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Mammal Diversity Database (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-17
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