Hesperoptenus is a genus of bats within the Vespertilionidae or vesper bat family.[1]

Hesperoptenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Tribe: Eptesicini
Genus: Hesperoptenus
Peters, 1868
Type species
Vesperus (Hesperoptenus) doriae
Peters, 1868

The species within this genus are:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Mammal Diversity Database (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-17