Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Synonym: Vesperugo Cope 1873
Parent taxon: Vespertilionidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Czaplewski et al. 2002, Hay 1902, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Rabon et al. 2000, Schlosser 1877 and Sherman 1952
Sister taxa: Ancenycteris, Antrozous, Anzanycteris, Barbastella, Chadronycteris, Corynorhinus, Eptesicus, Hanakia, Hypsugo, Ia, Karstala, Kerivoulinae, Khonsunycteris, Lasionycteris, Lasiurus, Miniopterus, Miomyotis, Miostrellus, Murina, Myotinae, Myotis, Noctilioninia, Nyctalus, Nycticeius, Nyctophylinae, Oligomyotis, Paleptesicus, Phyllostomina, Plionycteris, Potamonycteris, Pteropina, Rhinolophina, Rhogeessa, Scotomanes, Scotophilus, Shanwangia, Simonycteris, Stehlinia, Suaptenos, Synemporion, Tylonycteris, Vespertilio, Vespertilionae, Vespertilionina, Vespertilioninae
Subtaxa: Pipistrellus anemophilus Pipistrellus hesperus Pipistrellus kuhlii Pipistrellus nathusii Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrellus savii Pipistrellus subflavus Pipistrellus tenuis
Type: Vespertilio pipistrellus
Ecology: volant omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Bermuda (1), China (1), Greece (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), United States (24: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Miocene of China (4)
Total: 34 collections including 35 occurrences
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