VESPERTILIONIDAE Gray, 1821
(a family of bats)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Myotis
myotis bat species
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 33 images 1 ident. refs
Pipistrellus
pipistrelle bats, pipistrelle bat species
(Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 34 images
Plecotus
long-eared bat species
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 17 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyVESPERTILIONIDAE (a family of bats)
OrderCHIROPTERA (bats)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

VESPERTILIONIDAE (a family of bats) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for VESPERTILIONIDAE (a family of bats)
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