# Vespertilionini

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{{Short description|Tribe of vesper bats}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Mroczak posrebrzany.jpg
| image_caption = [Parti-colored bat](/source/Parti-colored_bat) (''Vespertilio murinus'')
| taxon = Vespertilionini
| authority = [Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), 1821
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''Vespertilionini''' is a [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) of [bats](/source/Bat) in the family [Vespertilionidae](/source/Vespertilionidae). The largest of the tribes in [Vespertilioninae](/source/Vespertilioninae), it contains many genera found throughout the [Old World](/source/Old_World) and [Australasia](/source/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](/source/Afronycteris)''
** [Heller's serotine](/source/Heller's_serotine), ''Afronycteris helios''
** [Banana serotine](/source/Banana_serotine), ''Afronycteris nanus''
* Genus ''[Cassistrellus](/source/Cassistrellus) –'' helmeted bats
** [Surat helmeted bat](/source/Surat_helmeted_bat), ''Cassistrellus dimissus''
** [Yok Don helmeted bat](/source/Yok_Don_helmeted_bat), ''Cassistrellus yokdonensis''
* Genus ''[Chalinolobus](/source/Chalinolobus)'' – wattled bats
** [Large-eared pied bat](/source/Large-eared_pied_bat), ''Chalinolobus dwyeri''
** [Gould's wattled bat](/source/Gould's_wattled_bat), ''Chalinolobus gouldii''
** [Chocolate wattled bat](/source/Chocolate_wattled_bat), ''Chalinolobus morio''
** [New Caledonian wattled bat](/source/New_Caledonian_wattled_bat), ''Chalinolobus neocaledonicus''
** [Hoary wattled bat](/source/Hoary_wattled_bat), ''Chalinolobus nigrogriseus''
** [Little pied bat](/source/Little_pied_bat), ''Chalinolobus picatus''
** [New Zealand long-tailed bat](/source/New_Zealand_long-tailed_bat) or long-tailed wattled bat, ''Chalinolobus tuberculatus''
* Genus ''[Falsistrellus](/source/Falsistrellus)'' – false pipistrelles
** [Western false pipistrelle](/source/Western_false_pipistrelle), ''Falsistrellus mackenziei''
** [Eastern false pipistrelle](/source/Eastern_false_pipistrelle), ''Falsistrellus tasmaniensis''
* Genus ''[Hypsugo](/source/Hypsugo)'' – Asian pipistrelles
** [Chocolate pipistrelle](/source/Chocolate_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo affinis''
** [Alashanian pipistrelle](/source/Alashanian_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo alaschanicus''
** [Arabian pipistrelle](/source/Arabian_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo arabicus''
** [Desert pipistrelle](/source/Desert_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo ariel''
** [Bodenheimer's pipistrelle](/source/Bodenheimer's_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo bodenheimeri''
** [Cadorna's pipistrelle](/source/Cadorna's_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo cadornae''
** [Long-toothed pipistrelle](/source/Long-toothed_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo dolichodon''
** [Brown pipistrelle](/source/Brown_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo imbricatus''
** [Red-brown pipistrelle](/source/Red-brown_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo kitcheneri''
** [Socotran pipistrelle](/source/Socotra_pipistrelle) or Lanza's pipistrelle, ''Hypsugo lanzai''
** [Burma pipistrelle](/source/Burma_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo lophurus''
** [Big-eared pipistrelle](/source/Big-eared_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo macrotis''
** [Pungent pipistrelle](/source/Pungent_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo mordax''
** [Mouselike pipistrelle](/source/Mouselike_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo musciculus''
** [Peters's pipistrelle](/source/Peters's_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo petersi''
** [Chinese pipistrelle](/source/Chinese_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo pulveratus''
** [Savi's pipistrelle](/source/Savi's_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo savii''
** [Vordermann's pipistrelle](/source/Vordermann's_pipistrelle), ''Hypsugo vordermanni''
* Genus ''[Laephotis](/source/Laephotis)'' – long-eared bats
** [Angolan long-eared bat](/source/Angolan_long-eared_bat), ''Laephotis angolensis''
** [Botswanan long-eared bat](/source/Botswanan_long-eared_bat), ''Laephotis botswanae''
** [Cape serotine](/source/Cape_serotine), ''Laeophotis capensis''
** [East African serotine](/source/East_African_serotine), ''Laephotis kirinyaga''
** [Isalo serotine](/source/Isalo_serotine), ''Laephotis malagasyensis''
** [Malagasy serotine](/source/Malagasy_serotine), ''Laephotis matroka''
** [Namib long-eared bat](/source/Namib_long-eared_bat), ''Laephotis namibensis''
** [Roberts's serotine](/source/Roberts's_serotine), ''Laephotis robertsi''
** [Stanley's serotine](/source/Stanley's_serotine), ''Laephotis stanleyi''
** [De Winton's long-eared bat](/source/De_Winton's_long-eared_bat), ''Laephotis wintoni''
* Genus ''[Mimetillus](/source/Mimetillus)''
** [Moloney's mimic bat](/source/Moloney's_mimic_bat), ''Mimetillus moloneyi''
** [Thomas's mimic bat](/source/Thomas's_mimic_bat), ''Mimetillus thomasi''
* Genus ''[Mirostrellus](/source/Mirostrellus)''
** [Joffre's bat](/source/Joffre's_bat), ''Mirostrellus joffrei''
* Genus ''[Neoromicia](/source/Neoromicia)''
** [Anchieta's serotine](/source/Anchieta's_serotine), ''Neoromicia anchietae''
** [Kirindy serotine](/source/Kirindy_serotine), ''Neoromicia bemainty''
** [Yellow serotine](/source/Yellow_serotine), ''Neoromicia flavescens<!--no longer recognized-->''
** [Tiny serotine](/source/Tiny_serotine), ''Neoromicia guineensis''
** [Melck's house bat](/source/Melck's_house_bat), ''Neoromicia melckorum<!--no longer recognized-->''
** [Somali serotine](/source/Somali_serotine), ''Neoromicia somalica''
** [Zulu serotine](/source/Zulu_serotine), ''Neoromicia zuluensis''
* Genus ''[Nycticeinops](/source/Nycticeinops)''
** [Bellier's serotine](/source/Bellier's_serotine), ''Nycticeinops bellieri''
** [Broad-headed serotine](/source/Broad-headed_serotine), ''Nycticeinops crassulus''
** [Eisentraut's serotine](/source/Eisentraut's_serotine), ''Nycticeinops eisentrauti''
** [Grandidier's serotine](/source/Grandidier's_serotine), ''Nycticeinops grandidieri''
** [Happolds's serotine](/source/Happolds's_serotine), ''Nycticeinops happoldorum''
** [Large-headed serotine](/source/Large-headed_serotine), ''Nycticeinops macrocephalus''
** [Schlieffen's serotine](/source/Schlieffen's_serotine), ''Nycticeinops schlieffeni''
* Genus ''[Nyctophilus](/source/Nyctophilus)'' – New Guinean and Australian big-eared bats
** [Northern long-eared bat](/source/Northern_long-eared_bat_(Nyctophilus)), ''Nyctophilus arnhemensis''
** [Eastern long-eared bat](/source/Eastern_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus bifax''
** [South-eastern long-eared bat](/source/South-eastern_long-eared_bat), ''[Nyctophilus corbeni](/source/Nyctophilus_corbeni)''
** [Pallid long-eared bat](/source/Nyctophilus_daedalus), ''[Nyctophilus daedalus](/source/Nyctophilus_daedalus)''
** [Lesser long-eared bat](/source/Lesser_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus geoffroyi''
** [Gould's long-eared bat](/source/Gould's_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus gouldi''
** [Sunda long-eared bat](/source/Sunda_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus heran''
** †[Lord Howe long-eared bat](/source/Lord_Howe_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus howensis''
** [Holts' long-eared bat](/source/Holts'_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus holtorum''
** [Small-toothed long-eared bat](/source/Small-toothed_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus microdon''
** [New Guinea long-eared bat](/source/New_Guinea_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus microtis''
** [New Caledonian long-eared bat](/source/New_Caledonian_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus nebulosus''
** [Greater long-eared bat](/source/Greater_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus timoriensis''
** [Western long-eared bat](/source/Nyctophilus_major), ''Nyctophilus major''
** [Tasmanian long-eared bat](/source/Tasmanian_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus sherrini''
** [Mt. Missim long-eared bat](/source/Mt._Missim_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus shirleyae''
** [Pygmy long-eared bat](/source/Pygmy_long-eared_bat), ''Nyctophilus walkeri''
* Genus ''[Pharotis](/source/Pharotis)''
** [New Guinea big-eared bat](/source/New_Guinea_big-eared_bat), ''Pharotis imogene''
* Genus ''[Philetor](/source/Philetor_(genus))''
** [Rohu's bat](/source/Rohu's_bat), ''Philetor brachypterus''
* Genus ''[Pseudoromicia](/source/Pseudoromicia)''
** [Dark-brown serotine](/source/Dark-brown_serotine), ''Pseudoromicia brunnea''
** [Isabelline serotine](/source/Isabelline_serotine), ''Pseudoromicia isabella''
** [Kityo's serotine](/source/Kityo's_serotine), ''Pseudoromicia kityoi''
** [Nyanza serotine](/source/Nyanza_serotine), ''Pseudoromicia nyanza''
** [Rendall's serotine](/source/Rendall's_serotine), ''Pseudoromicia rendalli''
** [Rosevear's serotine](/source/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](/source/White-winged_serotine), ''Pseudoromicia tenuipinnis''
* Genus ''[Tylonycteris](/source/Tylonycteris)'' – bamboo bats<!--third species Tylonycteris pygmaeus ("Pygmy Bamboo Bat" perhaps) described in early 2008-->
** [Amber bamboo bat](/source/Amber_bamboo_bat), ''Tylonycteris fulvida''
** [Malayan bamboo bat](/source/Malayan_bamboo_bat), ''Tylonycteris malayana''
** [Lesser bamboo bat](/source/Lesser_bamboo_bat), ''Tylonycteris pachypus''
** [Pygmy bamboo bat](/source/Pygmy_bamboo_bat), ''Tylonycteris pygmaeus''
** [Greater bamboo bat](/source/Greater_bamboo_bat), ''Tylonycteris robustula''
** [Tonkin bamboo bat](/source/Tonkin_bamboo_bat), ''Tylonycteris tonkinensis''
* Genus ''[Vespadelus](/source/Vespadelus)''
** [Inland forest bat](/source/Inland_forest_bat), ''Vespadelus baverstocki''
** [Northern cave bat](/source/Northern_cave_bat), ''Vespadelus caurinus''
** [Large forest bat](/source/Large_forest_bat), ''Vespadelus darlingtoni''
** [Yellow-lipped bat](/source/Yellow-lipped_bat), ''Vespadelus douglasorum''
** [Finlayson's cave bat](/source/Finlayson's_cave_bat), ''Vespadelus finlaysoni''
** [Eastern forest bat](/source/Eastern_forest_bat), ''Vespadelus pumilus''
** [Southern forest bat](/source/Southern_forest_bat), ''Vespadelus regulus''
** [Troughton's forest bat](/source/Troughton's_forest_bat), ''Vespadelus troughtoni''
** [Little forest bat](/source/Little_forest_bat), ''Vespadelus vulturnus''
* Genus ''[Vespertilio](/source/Vespertilio)'' – frosted bats
** [Parti-coloured bat](/source/Parti-coloured_bat), ''Vespertilio murinus''
** [Asian parti-colored bat](/source/Asian_parti-colored_bat), ''Vespertilio sinensis''

== References ==
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Category:Mammal tribes
Category:Vespertilionidae
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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