| Vespertilio | |
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| Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758
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Vespertilio is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. The common name for this family is vesper bats, which is a better-known classification than Vespertilio. They are also known as frosted bats.[citation needed]
Species within the genus Vespertilio are:
- Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus
- Asian parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio sinensis