{{Short description|Genus of bats}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Cape Serotine Bat (Eptesicus capensis) (7027010897).jpg | image_caption = Cape serotine (''L. capensis'') | taxon = Laephotis | authority = Thomas, 1901 | type_species = ''Laephotis wintoni'' | type_species_authority = Thomas, 1901 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}
'''''Laephotis''''' (known as the '''African long-eared bat''') is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae.<ref>{{MSW3|id=13802243}}</ref> Species within this genus are:
*Angolan long-eared bat (''Laephotis angolensis'') *Botswanan long-eared bat (''Laephotis botswanae'') *Cape serotine (''Laephotis 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'') Some species in this genus were formerly classified in ''Neoromicia'' before phylogenetic analysis placed them in ''Laephotis''.<ref>{{Citation|last=Mammal Diversity Database|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-08-10|url=https://zenodo.org/record/5175993|publisher=Zenodo|access-date=2021-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Monadjem|first=Ara|last2=Demos|first2=Terrence C|last3=Dalton|first3=Desire L|last4=Webala|first4=Paul W|last5=Musila|first5=Simon|last6=Kerbis Peterhans|first6=Julian C|last7=Patterson|first7=Bruce D|date=2020-09-10|title=A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa087|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=191|issue=4|pages=1114–1146|doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa087|issn=0024-4082|hdl=2263/84301|hdl-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Vespertilionidae|V.|V.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q599681}}
Category:Laephotis Category:Bat genera Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
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