Hesperoptenus
Genus of bats
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Hesperoptenus is a genus of bats within the Vespertilionidae or vesper bat family.[1]
| Hesperoptenus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Eptesicini |
| Genus: | Hesperoptenus Peters, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Vesperus (Hesperoptenus) doriae Peters, 1868 | |
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)
