Superfamily

Vespertilionoidea (Vespertilionoid bats)

Myotis californicus. Photo: (c) Frank Carey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Vesper bats (family Vespertilionidae), also known as evening bats or common bats, are the largest and best-known family of bats. They belong to the suborder Microchiroptera (microbats). Over 300 species are distributed all over the world, on every continent except Antarctica. It owes its name to the Latin word vespertilio (“bat”), from vesper, meaning “evening”.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, carnivorans, and allies)
        Order: Chiroptera (Bats)
        Suborder: Yangochiroptera
        Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea (Vespertilionoid bats)
        Family: Vespertilionidae (Evening bats) (9)
        Family: Molossidae (Free-tailed bats) (1)

Subtaxa

Family: Vespertilionidae (Evening bats)

Family: Molossidae (Free-tailed bats)

Where in Humboldt

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