Hesperoptenus

Taxobox
name = Hesperoptenus


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = "Vespertilionidae"
genus = "Hesperoptenus"
genus_authority = Peters, 1868

Hesperoptenus is a genus of bats within the Vespertilionidae or "Vesper bats" family. Species within this genus are:

*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

*D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore