Vespertilionoidea | |
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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]