{{Short description|Tribe of vesper bats}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Mroczak posrebrzany.jpg | image_caption = Parti-colored bat (''Vespertilio murinus'') | taxon = Vespertilionini | authority = Gray, 1821 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text }}
'''Vespertilionini''' is a tribe of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. The largest of the tribes in Vespertilioninae, it contains many genera found throughout the Old World and Australasia.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Database|first=Mammal Diversity|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-11-06|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5651212 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5651212|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ITIS - Report: Vespertilionini|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=945865#null|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.itis.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ADW: Vespertilionini: CLASSIFICATION|url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vespertilionini/classification/|access-date=2021-12-07|website=animaldiversity.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Vespertilionini, serotines, forest bats, and relatives: CLASSIFICATION|url=http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Vespertilionini/classification/|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.biokids.umich.edu}}</ref>
== Species == Species in the tribe include:<ref name=":0" />
* 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<!--no longer recognized-->'' ** Tiny serotine, ''Neoromicia guineensis'' ** Melck's house bat, ''Neoromicia melckorum<!--no longer recognized-->'' ** 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''<ref name="Monadjem 2013">{{cite journal|last1=Monadjem|first1=A.|last2=Richards|first2=L.|last3=Taylor|first3=P. J.|last4=Stoffberg|first4=S.|date=2013|title=High diversity of pipistrelloid bats (Vespertilionidae: Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus) in a West African rainforest with the description of a new species.|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=167|issue=1|pages=191–207|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00871.x|doi-access=free}}</ref> ** White-winged serotine, ''Pseudoromicia tenuipinnis'' * Genus ''Tylonycteris'' – bamboo bats<!--third species Tylonycteris pygmaeus ("Pygmy Bamboo Bat" perhaps) described in early 2008--> ** 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''
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Category:Mammal tribes Category:Vespertilionidae Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray