Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Chiroptera - (Family) Vespertilionidae

Subsequent positions

Vespertilionini (Tribe) Gray, 1821

Current position

Eptesicini (Tribe) Volleth & Heller, 1994

Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 452.

Alternative positions

Vespertilioninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 200.
Vespertilionini (Tribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 319.

Historical positions

Eptesicini (Tribe) Volleth & Heller, 1994	Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 452-453.
Vespertilionini (Tribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 319-320.
Vespertilioninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 200.
Vespertilioninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 78.
Vespertilioninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1030.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Vespertilioninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 578.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	23s;51ss; †2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 28 Sep 2014	[23s;51ss]
2005	N.B. Simmons: 457	[23s;51ss]
1993	K.F. Koopman	[32s]
1993	K.F. Koopman	[32s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[21s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	26s