Vespertilionoidea

Vespertilionoidea Temporal range: Middle Eocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Lesser Asiatic yellow bat (Scotophilus kuhlii)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Suborder:	Yangochiroptera
Superfamily:	Vespertilionoidea Gray, 1821

Vespertilionoidea is a superfamily of bats containing five families: Cistugidae, Miniopteridae, Molossidae, Natalidae, and Vespertilionidae. It is one of three superfamilies in the suborder Yangochiroptera, the others being Noctilionoidea and Emballonuroidea. ^[1]

The earliest known member of the group is Stehlinia from the Middle Eocene, although its taxonomic affiliation has been previously disputed. ^[2]

References

1. Amador, Lucila I.; Moyers Arévalo, R. Leticia; Almeida, Francisca C.; Catalano, Santiago A.; Giannini, Norberto P. (2018). "Bat Systematics in the Light of Unconstrained Analyses of a Comprehensive Molecular Supermatrix". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 25: 37–70. doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9363-8. hdl: 11336/55671 . S2CID   3318167.
2. Jones, Matthew F.; Beard, K. Christopher; Simmons, Nancy B. (2024). "Phylogeny and systematics of early Paleogene bats" . Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 31 (2). doi:10.1007/s10914-024-09705-8. ISSN   1064-7554.