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Vespertilionoid Bats
Vespertilionoidea
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.
The earliest known member of the group is Stehlinia from the Middle Eocene, although its taxonomic affiliation has been previously disputed.
5 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first · about 726 known species
Evening Bats
familyVespertilionidae
Free-tailed Bats
familyMolossidae
Bent-winged Bats
familyMiniopteridae
Funnel-eared Bats
familyNatalidae
Wing-gland Bats
familyCistugidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 446959.