{{Short description|Genus of bats}} {{Automatic taxobox | image =Hesperoptenus tickelli skull.jpg | taxon = Hesperoptenus | authority = Peters, 1868 | type_species = ''Vesperus (Hesperoptenus) doriae'' | type_species_authority = Peters, 1868 }}
'''Hesperoptenus''' is a genus of bats within the Vespertilionidae or vesper bat family.<ref>{{MSW3|id=13801877}}</ref>
The species within this genus are:<ref>{{Citation|last=Mammal Diversity Database|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-08-10|url=https://zenodo.org/record/5175993|publisher=Zenodo|access-date=2021-09-17}}</ref>
*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== {{Reflist}}
{{Vespertilionidae|V.|E.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q912976}}
Category:Hesperoptenus Category:Bat genera Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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