| Laephotis | |
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| Cape serotine (L. capensis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Vespertilionini |
| Genus: | Laephotis Thomas, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Laephotis wintoni Thomas, 1901
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Laephotis (known as the African long-eared bat) is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae.[1] Species within this genus are:
- Angolan long-eared bat (Laephotis angolensis)
- Botswanan long-eared bat (Laephotis botswanae)
- Cape serotine (Laephotis capensis)
- East African serotine (Laephotis kirinyaga)
- Isalo serotine (Laephotis malagasyensis)
- Malagasy serotine (Laephotis matroka)
- Namib long-eared bat (Laephotis namibensis)
- Roberts's serotine (Laephotis robertsi)
- Stanley's serotine (Laephotis stanleyi)
- De Winton's long-eared bat (Laephotis wintoni)
Some species in this genus were formerly classified in Neoromicia before phylogenetic analysis placed them in Laephotis.[2][3]
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Mammal Diversity Database (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-19
- ^ Monadjem, Ara; Demos, Terrence C; Dalton, Desire L; Webala, Paul W; Musila, Simon; Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C; Patterson, Bruce D (2020-09-10). "A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (4): 1114–1146. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa087. hdl:2263/84301. ISSN 0024-4082.