VESPERTILIONIDAE, Gray, 1821

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Vespertilionidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 716-981 : 716

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6397752
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6403276
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scientific name	VESPERTILIONIDAE
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Family VESPERTILIONIDAE View in CoL

(VESPER BATS)

• Small to medium-sized bats, with stout bodies, short to moderately long rostra, no elaborate nose appendages (except in a few genera), small to big ears, complete uropatagiumstretching to ends or just before ends of long tails, and generally long narrow wings.

• 5-22 cm. View Figure

• Worldwide, except Antarctica. View Figure

• From arid deserts to temperate and tropical forests.

• 54 genera, 496 species, at least 708 extant taxa. View Subdivision of the Vespertilionidae

• 6 species Critically Endangered, 15 species Endangered, 27 species Vulnerable; 1 species Extinct since 1600.