Vesper Bats - Classification

Classification

Four subfamilies are recognized:

Family Vespertilionidae

  • Subfamily Vespertilioninae
    • Tribe Eptesicini
      • Genus Arielulus
        • Collared pipistrelle, Arielulus aureocollaris
        • Black-gilded pipistrelle, Arielulus circumdatus
        • Coppery pipistrelle, Arielulus cuprosus
        • Social pipistrelle, Arielulus societatis
        • Necklace pipistrelle, Arielulus torquatus
      • Genus Eptesicus – House bats
        • Little black serotine, Eptesicus andinus
        • Bobrinski's serotine, Eptesicus bobrinskoi
        • Botta's serotine, Eptesicus bottae
        • Brazilian brown bat, Eptesicus brasiliensis
        • Chiriquinan serotine, Eptesicus chiriquinus
        • Diminutive serotine, Eptesicus diminutus
        • Surat serotine, Eptesicus dimissus
        • Horn-skinned bat, Eptesicus floweri
        • Argentine brown bat, Eptesicus furinalis
        • Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
        • Gobi big brown bat, Eptesicus gobiensis
        • Guadeloupe big brown bat, Eptesicus guadeloupensis
        • Long-tailed house bat, Eptesicus hottentotus
        • Harmless serotine, Eptesicus innoxius
        • Japanese short-tailed bat, Eptesicus japonensis
        • Kobayashi's bat, Eptesicus kobayashii
        • Eptesicus lobatus
        • Jamaican serotine, Eptesicus lynni
        • Sind bat, Eptesicus nasutus
        • Northern bat, Eptesicus nilssonii
        • Thick-eared bat, Eptesicus pachyotis
        • Lagos serotine, Eptesicus platyops
        • Serotine bat, Eptesicus serotinus
        • Taddei's bat, Eptesicus taddeii
        • Sombre bat, Eptesicus tatei
      • Genus Hesperoptenus – false serotine bats
        • Blanford's bat, Hesperoptenus blanfordi
        • False serotine bat, Hesperoptenus doriae
        • Gaskell's false serotine, Hesperoptenus gaskelli
        • Tickell's bat, Hesperoptenus tickelli
        • Large false serotine, Hesperoptenus tomesi
    • Tribe Lasiurini
      • Genus Lasiurus – hairy-tailed bats
        • Subgenus Dasypterus
          • Southern yellow bat, Lasiurus ega
          • Northern yellow bat, Lasiurus intermedius
          • Cuban yellow bat, Lasiurus insularis
          • Western yellow bat, Lasiurus xanthinus
        • Subgenus Lasiurus
          • Greater red bat, Lasiurus atratus
          • Desert red bat, Lasiurus blossevillii
          • Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis
          • Galapagos red bat, Lasiurus brachyotis
          • Tacarcuna bat, Lasiurus castaneus
          • Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus
          • Jamaican red bat, Lasiurus degelidus
          • Hairy-tailed bat, Lasiurus ebenus
          • Big red bat, Lasiurus egregius
          • Minor red bat, Lasiurus minor
          • Pfeiffer's red bat, Lasiurus pfeifferi
          • Salinas red bat, Lasiurus salinae
          • Seminole bat, Lasiurus seminolus
          • Cinnamon red bat, Lasiurus varius
  • Tribe Nycticeiini
    • Genus Nycticeinops
      • Schlieffen's bat, Nycticeinops schlieffeni
    • Genus Nycticeius – evening bats
      • Evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis
      • Cuban evening bat, Nycticeius cubanus
    • Genus Rhogeessa - Rhogeessa bats
      • Yucatan yellow bat, Rhogeessa aeneus
      • Allen's yellow bat, Rhogeessa alleni
      • Genoways's yellow bat, Rhogeessa genowaysi
      • Slender yellow bat, Rhogeessa gracilis
      • Husson's yellow bat, Rhogeessa hussoni
      • Thomas's yellow bat, Rhogeessa io
      • Tiny yellow bat, Rhogeessa minutilla
      • Least yellow bat, Rhogeessa mira
      • Little yellow bat, Rhogeessa parvula
      • Black-winged little yellow bat, Rhogeessa tumida
    • Genus Scoteanax
      • Rüppell's broad-nosed bat, Scoteanax rueppellii
    • Genus Scotoecus - house bats
      • White-bellied lesser house bat, Scotoecus albigula
      • Light-winged lesser house bat, Scotoecus albofuscus
      • Hinde's lesser house bat, Scotoecus hindei
      • Dark-winged lesser house bat, Scotoecus hirundo
      • Desert yellow bat, Scotoecus pallidus
    • Genus Scotomanes
      • Harlequin bat, Scotomanes ornatus
    • Genus Scotophilus – yellow bats
      • Lesser yellow bat, Scotophilus borbonicus
      • Sulawesi yellow bat, Scotophilus celebensis
      • Sody's yellow bat, Scotophilus collinus
      • African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii
      • Greater Asiatic yellow bat, Scotophilus heathi
      • Lesser Asiatic yellow bat, Scotophilus kuhlii
      • White-bellied yellow bat, Scotophilus leucogaster
      • Scotophilus marovaza
      • Scotophilis mhlanganii
      • Schreber's yellow bat, Scotophilus nigrita
      • Robbins's yellow bat, Scotophilus nucella'
      • Nut-colored yellow bat, Scotophilus nux
      • Robust yellow bat, Scotophilus robustus
      • Greenish yellow bat, Scotophilus viridis
      • Scotophilus tandrefana
    • Genus Scotorepens - lesser broad-nosed bats
      • Western broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens balstoni
      • Little broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens greyii
      • Orion broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens orion
      • Northern broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens sanborni
  • Tribe Nyctophilini
    • Genus Nyctophilus – New Guinean and Australian big-eared bats
      • Northern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus arnhemensis
      • Eastern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus bifax
      • Nyctophilus corbeni
      • Nyctophilus daedalus
      • Lesser long-eared bat, Nyctophilus geoffroyi
      • Gould's long-eared bat, Nyctophilus gouldi
      • Sunda long-eared bat, Nyctophilus heran
      • Lord Howe long-eared bat, Nyctophilus howensis
      • Small-toothed long-eared bat, Nyctophilus microdon
      • New Guinea long-eared bat, Nyctophilus microtis
      • New Caledonian long-eared bat, Nyctophilus nebulosus
      • Greater long-eared bat, Nyctophilus timoriensis
      • Western long-eared bat, Nyctophilus major
      • Tasmanian long-eared bat, Nyctophilus sherrini
      • Mt. Missim long-eared bat, Nyctophilus shirleyae
      • Pygmy long-eared bat, Nyctophilus walkeri
    • Genus Pharotis
      • New Guinea big-eared bat, Pharotis imogene
  • Tribe Pipistrellini
    • Genus Glischropus – thick-thumbed bats
      • Javan thick-thumbed bat, Glischropus javanus
      • Common thick-thumbed bat, Glischropus tylopus
    • Genus Nyctalus – noctule bats
      • Birdlike noctule, Nyctalus aviator
      • Azores noctule, Nyctalus azoreum
      • Greater noctule bat, Nyctalus lasiopterus
      • Lesser noctule, Nyctalus leisleri
      • Mountain noctule, Nyctalus montanus
      • Common noctule, Nyctalus noctula
    • Genus Parastrellus
      • Western pipistrelle, Parastrellus hesperus
    • Genus Perimyotis
      • Eastern pipistrelle, Perimyotis subflavus
    • Genus pipistrellus – Pipistrelles or Pipistrelle bats
      • Japanese pipistrelle, Pipistrellus abramus
      • Adams's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus adamsi
      • Mt. Gargues pipistrelle, Pipistrellus aero
      • Angulate pipistrelle, Pipistrellus angulatus
      • Kelaart's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus ceylonicus
      • Greater Papuan pipistrelle, Pipistrellus collinus
      • Indian pipistrelle, Pipistrellus coromandra
      • Egyptian pipistrelle, Pipistrellus deserti
      • Endo's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus endoi
      • Hanaki's dwarf bat, Pipistrellus hanaki
      • Dusky pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hesperidus
      • Aellen's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus inexspectatus
      • Java pipistrelle, Pipistrellus javanicus
      • Kuhl's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus kuhlii
      • Madeira pipistrelle, Pipistrellus maderensis
      • Minahassa pipistrelle, Pipistrellus minahassae
      • Christmas Island pipistrelle, Pipistrellus murrayi
      • Tiny pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nanulus
      • Nathusius's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nathusii
      • Lesser Papuan pipistrelle, Pipistrellus papuanus
      • Mount Popa pipistrelle, Pipistrellus paterculus
      • Dar-es-Salaam pipistrelle, Pipistrellus permixtus
      • Common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus
      • Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus
      • Rüppell's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus rueppellii
      • Rusty pipistrelle, Pipistrellus rusticus
      • Narrow-winged pipistrelle, Pipistrellus stenopterus
      • Sturdee's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus sturdeei
      • Least pipistrelle, Pipistrellus tenuis
      • Watts's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus wattsi
      • Koopman's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus westralis
    • Genus Scotozous
      • Dormer's bat, Scotozous dormeri
  • Tribe Plecotini
    • Genus Barbastella – barbastelles or barbastelle bats
      • Western barbastellus, Barbastella barbastellus
      • Beijing barbastelle, Barbastella beijingensis
      • Asian barbastelle, Barbastella leucomelas
    • Genus Corynorhinus – American lump-nosed bats
      • Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus rafinesquii
      • Mexican big-eared bat, Corynorhinus mexicanus
      • Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii
    • Genus Euderma
      • Spotted bat, Euderma maculatum
    • Genus Idionycteris
      • Allen's big-eared bat, Idionycteris phyllotis
    • Genus Otonycteris
      • Desert long-eared bat, Otonycteris hemprichii
    • Genus Plecotus – lump-nosed bats
      • Alpine long-eared bat, Plecotus alpinus
      • Brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus
      • Grey long-eared bat, Plecotus austriacus
      • Ethiopian big-eared bat, Plecotus balensis
      • Plecotus kolombatovici
      • Taiwan big-eared bat, Plecotus taivanus
      • Plecotus strelkovi
      • Canary big-eared bat, Plecotus teneriffae
  • Tribe Vespertilionini
    • Genus Chalinolobus – wattled bats
      • Large-eared pied bat, Chalinolobus dwyeri
      • Gould's wattled bat, Chalinolobus gouldii
      • Chocolate wattled bat, Chalinolobus morio
      • Chalinolobus neocaledonicus, sometimes treated as a subspecies of Chalinolobus gouldii
      • Hoary wattled bat, Chalinolobus nigrogriseus
      • Little pied bat, Chalinolobus picatus
      • New Zealand long-tailed bat or long-tailed wattled bat, Chalinolobus tuberculatus
      • Genus Eudiscopus
      • Disk-footed bat, Eudiscopus denticulus
    • Genus Falsistrellus
      • Chocolate pipistrelle, Falsistrellus affinis
      • Western false pipistrelle, Falsistrellus mackenziei
      • Pungent pipistrelle, Falsistrellus mordax
      • Peters's pipistrelle, Falsistrellus petersi
      • Eastern false pipistrelle, Falsistrellus tasmaniensis
    • Genus Glauconycteris – butterfly bats
      • Allen's striped bat, Glauconycteris alboguttata
      • Silvered bat, Glauconycteris argentata
      • Beatrix's bat, Glauconycteris beatrix
      • Curry's bat, Glauconycteris curryae
      • Bibundi bat, Glauconycteris egeria
      • Glen's wattled bat, Glauconycteris gleni
      • Allen's spotted bat, Glauconycteris humeralis
      • Kenyan wattled bat, Glauconycteris kenyacola
      • Machado's butterfly bat, Glauconycteris machadoi
      • Abo bat, Glauconycteris poensis
      • Pied bat, Glauconycteris superba
      • Butterfly bat, Glauconycteris variegata
    • Genus Histiotus – big-eared brown bats
      • Strange big-eared brown bat, Histiotus alienus
      • Humboldt big-eared brown bat, Histiotus humboldti
      • Thomas's big-eared brown bat, Histiotus laephotis
      • Big-eared brown bat, Histiotus macrotus
      • Southern big-eared brown bat, Histiotus magellanicus
      • Small big-eared brown bat, Histiotus montanus
      • Tropical big-eared brown bat, Histiotus velatus
    • Genus Hypsugo – Asian pipistrelles
      • Alashanian pipistrelle, Hypsugo alaschanicus
      • Anchieta's pipistrelle, Hypsugo anchietae
      • Anthony's pipistrelle, Hypsugo anthonyi
      • Arabian pipistrelle, Hypsugo arabicus
      • Desert pipistrelle, Hypsugo ariel
      • Bodenheimer's pipistrelle, Hypsugo bodenheimeri
      • Cadorna's pipistrelle, Hypsugo cadornae
      • Broad-headed pipistrelle, Hypsugo crassulus
      • Eisentraut's pipistrelle, Hypsugo eisentrauti
      • Brown pipistrelle, Hypsugo imbricatus
      • Joffre's pipistrelle, Hypsugo joffrei
      • Red-brown pipistrelle, Hypsugo kitcheneri
      • Burma pipistrelle, Hypsugo lophurus
      • Big-eared pipistrelle, Hypsugo macrotis
      • Mouselike pipistrelle, Hypsugo musciculus
      • Chinese pipistrelle, Hypsugo pulveratus
      • Savi's pipistrelle, Hypsugo savii
      • Vordermann's pipistrelle, Hypsugo vordermanni
    • Genus Ia
      • Great evening bat, Ia io
    • Genus Laephotis – long-eared bats
      • Angolan long-eared bat, Laephotis angolensis
      • Botswanan long-eared bat, Laephotis botswanae
      • Namib long-eared bat, Laephotis namibensis
      • De Winton's long-eared bat, Laephotis wintoni
    • Genus Mimetillus
      • Moloney's mimic bat, Mimetillus moloneyi
    • Genus Neoromicia
      • Dark-brown serotine, Neoromicia brunneus
      • Cape serotine, Neoromicia capensis
      • Yellow serotine, Neoromicia flavescens
      • Tiny serotine, Neoromicia guineensis
      • Heller's pipistrelle, Neoromicia helios
      • Melck's house bat, Neoromicia melckorum
      • Banana pipistrelle, Neoromicia nanus
      • Rendall's serotine, Neoromicia rendalli
      • Somali serotine, Neoromicia somalicus
      • White-winged serotine, Neoromicia tenuipinnis
      • Neoromicia zuluensis
    • Genus Philetor
      • Rohu's bat, Philetor brachypterus
    • Genus Tylonycteris – bamboo bats
      • Lesser bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pachypus
      • Pygmy bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pygmaeus
      • Greater bamboo bat, Tylonycteris robustula
    • Genus Vespadelus
      • Inland forest bat, Vespadelus baverstocki
      • Northern cave bat, Vespadelus caurinus
      • Large forest bat, Vespadelus darlingtoni
      • Yellow-lipped bat, Vespadelus douglasorum
      • Finlayson's cave bat, Vespadelus finlaysoni
      • Eastern forest bat, Vespadelus pumilus
      • Southern forest bat, Vespadelus regulus
      • Troughton's forest bat, Vespadelus troughtoni
      • Little forest bat, Vespadelus vulturnus
    • Genus Vespertilio – frosted bats
      • Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus
      • Asian parti-colored bat, Vespertilio sinensis
  • Subfamily Murininae
    • Genus Harpiocephalus – hairy-winged bats
      • Lesser hairy-winged bat, Harpiocephalus harpia
      • Greater hairy-winged bat, Harpiocephalus mordax
    • Genus Harpiola
      • Peter's tube-nosed bat, Harpiola (Murina) grisea
      • Formosan golden tube-nosed bat, Harpiola isodon
    • Genus Murina – tube-nosed insectivorous bats
      • Bronze tube-nosed bat, Murina aenea
      • Little tube-nosed bat, Murina aurata
      • Murina bicolor
      • Round-eared tube-nosed bat, Murina cyclotis
      • Eleryi's tube-nosed bat, Murina eleryi
      • Flute-nosed bat, Murina florium
      • Dusky tube-nosed bat, Murina fusca
      • Murina gracilis
      • Murina harpioloides
      • Harrison's tube-nosed bat, Murina harrisoni
      • Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat, Murina hilgendorfi
      • Hutton's tube-nosed bat, Murina huttoni
      • Greater tube-nosed bat, Murina leucogaster
      • Taiwan tube-nosed bat, Murina puta
      • Murina recondita
      • Gilded tube-nosed bat, Murina rozendaali
      • Ryukyu tube-nosed bat, Murina ryukyuana
      • Forest tube-nosed bat, Murina silvatica
      • Brown tube-nosed bat, Murina suilla
      • Gloomy tube-nosed bat, Murina tenebrosa
      • Mystery tube-nosed bat, Murina tiensa
      • Scully's tube-nosed bat, Murina tubinaris
      • Ussuri tube-nosed bat, Murina ussuriensis
  • Subfamily Myotinae
    • Genus Cistugo – wing-gland bats
      • Lesueur's hairy bat, Cistugo lesueuri
      • Angolan hairy bat, Cistugo seabrai
    • Genus Myotis – mouse-eared bats
      • Subgenus Myotis
        • Southwestern mouse-eared bat, Myotis altarium
        • Anjouan mouse-eared bat, Myotis anjouanensis
        • Mexican long-eared bat, Myotis auriculus
        • Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteini
        • Lesser mouse-eared bat, Myotis blythii
        • Chinese mouse-eared bat, Myotis chinensis
        • Kock's mouse-eared bat, Myotis dieteri
        • Geoffroy's bat, Myotis emarginatus
        • Myotis escalerai
        • Western long-eared bat, Myotis evotis
        • Malagasy mouse-eared bat, Myotis goudoti
        • Keen's bat, Myotis keenii
        • Morris's bat, Myotis morrisi
        • Greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis
        • Beijing mouse-eared bat, Myotis pequinius
        • Maghrebian mouse-eared bat, Myotis punicus
        • Northern long-eared bat, Myotis septentrionalis
        • Mandelli's mouse-eared bat, Myotis sicarius
        • Fringed bat, Myotis thysanodes
        • Cape hairy bat, Myotis tricolor
      • Subgenus Chrysopteron
        • Myotis flavus
        • Hodgson's bat, Myotis formosus
        • Herman's bat, Myotis hermani
        • Orange-fingered myotis, Myotis rufopictus (previously was considered as Myotis formosus subspecies)
        • Welwitsch's bat, Myotis welwitschii
      • Subgenus Selysius
        • Alcathoe bat, Myotis alcathoe
        • Hairy-faced bat, Myotis annectans
        • Atacama myotis, Myotis atacamensis
        • Peters's myotis, Myotis ater
        • Steppe whiskered bat, Myotis aurascens
        • Australian myotis, Myotis australis
        • Brandt's bat, Myotis brandti
        • Bucharian bat, Myotis bucharensis
        • California bat, Myotis californicus
        • Carter's myotis, Myotis carteri (possibly Myotis nigricans subspecies)
        • Western small-footed myotis, Myotis ciliolabrum
        • David's myotis, Myotis davidii
        • Dominican myotis, Myotis dominicensis
        • Elegant myotis, Myotis elegans
        • Findley's myotis, Myotis findleyi
        • Long-tailed bat, Myotis frater
        • Gomantong myotis, Myotis gomantongensis
        • Armenian whiskered bat, Myotis hajastanicus
        • Shinano whiskered bat, Myotis hosonoi
        • Ikonnikov's bat, Myotis ikonnikovi
        • Insular myotis, Myotis insularum
        • Hairy-legged myotis, Myotis keaysi
        • Broad-muzzled whiskered bat, Myotis latirostris
        • Eastern small-footed bat, Myotis leibii
        • Schwartz's myotis, Myotis martiniquensis
        • Dark-nosed small-footed myotis, Myotis melanorhinus
        • Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat, Myotis muricola
        • Whiskered bat, Myotis mystacinus
        • Curacao myotis, Myotis nesopolus
        • Black myotis, Myotis nigricans
        • Nepal whiskered bat, Myotis nipalensis
        • Singapore whiskered bat, Myotis oreias
        • Oze whiskered bat, Myotis ozensis
        • Myotis phanluongi
        • Flat-headed myotis, Myotis planiceps
        • Ridley's bat, Myotis ridleyi
        • Thick-thumbed myotis, Myotis rosseti
        • Scott's mouse-eared bat, Myotis scotti
        • Himalayan whiskered bat, Myotis siligorensis
        • Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis
        • Yanbaru whiskered bat, Myotis yanbarensis
        • Yoshiyuki's myotis, Myotis yesoensis
      • Subgenus Isotus
        • Amur bat, Myotis bombinus
        • Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri
        • Arax bat, Myotis schaubi
      • Subgenus Leuconoe
        • Large-footed bat, Myotis adversus
        • Southern myotis, Myotis aelleni
        • Silver-tipped myotis, Myotis albescens
        • Annamit myotis, Myotis annamiticus
        • Southeastern bat, Myotis austroriparius
        • Rufous mouse-eared bat, Myotis bocagii
        • Long-fingered bat, Myotis capaccinii
        • Chilean myotis, Myotis chiloensis
        • Guatemalan myotis, Myotis cobanensis
        • Csorba's mouse-eared bat, Myotis csorbai
        • Dinnell's myotis, Myotis dinellii
        • Pond bat, Myotis dasycneme
        • Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentoni
          • Sakhalin myotis, Myotis daubentoni (previously was considered as distinct species Myotis abei)
        • Hairy-footed mouse-eared bat, Myotis fimbriatus
        • Cinnamon myotis, Myotis fortidens
        • Gray bat, Myotis grisescens
        • Lesser large-footed bat, Myotis hasseltii
        • Horsfield's bat, Myotis horsfieldii
        • Chinese water myotis, Myotis laniger
        • Yellowish myotis, Myotis levis
        • Kashmir cave bat, Myotis longipes
        • Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus
        • Eastern long-fingered bat, Myotis macrodactylus
        • Myotis macropus
        • Pallid large-footed myotis, Myotis macrotarsus
        • Maluku myotis, Myotis moluccarum
        • Burmese whiskered bat, Myotis montivagus
        • Occult bat, Myotis occultus
        • Montane myotis, Myotis oxyotus
        • Peninsular myotis, Myotis peninsularis
        • Eastern water bat (Sakhalinien Bat)]], Myotis petax
        • Black whiskered bat, Myotis pruinosus
        • Rickett's big-footed bat, Myotis ricketti
        • Riparian myotis, Myotis riparius
        • Red myotis, Myotis ruber
        • Velvety myotis or rufous whiskered bat, Myotis simus
        • Kei myotis, Myotis stalkeri
        • Cave nat, Myotis velifer
        • Long-legged myotis, Myotis volans
        • Yuma bat, Myotis yumanensis
      • Subgenus Pizonyx
        • Fish-eating bat, Myotis vivesi
    • Genus Lasionycteris
      • Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
  • Subfamily Kerivoulinae
    • Genus Kerivoula – painted bats
      • Tanzanian woolly bat, Kerivoula africana
      • St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat, Kerivoula agnella
      • Damara woolly bat, Kerivoula argentata
      • Copper woolly bat, Kerivoula cuprosa
      • Ethiopian woolly bat, Kerivoula eriophora
      • Flores woolly bat, Kerivoula flora
      • Hardwicke's woolly bat, Kerivoula hardwickii
      • Small woolly bat, Kerivoula intermedia
      • Kachin woolly bat, Kerivoula kachinensis
      • Krau woolly bat, Kerivoula krauensis
      • Lesser woolly bat, Kerivoula lanosa
      • Lenis woolly bat, Kerivoula lenis
      • Least woolly bat, Kerivoula minuta
      • Fly River trumpet-eared bat, Kerivoula muscina
      • Bismarck's trumpet-eared bat, Kerivoula myrella
      • Papillose woolly bat, Kerivoula papillosa
      • Clear-winged woolly bat, Kerivoula pellucida
      • Spurrell's woolly bat, Kerivoula phalaena
      • Painted bat, Kerivoula picta
      • Smith's woolly bat, Kerivoula smithii
      • Titania's woolly bat, Kerivoula titania
      • Whitehead's woolly bat, Kerivoula whiteheadi
    • Genus Phoniscus
      • Dubious trumpet-eared bat, Phoniscus aerosa
      • Groove-toothed bat, Phoniscus atrox
      • Peter's trumpet-eared bat, Phoniscus jagorii
      • Golden-tipped bat, Phoniscus papuensis

The above grouping of subfamilies is the classification according to Simmons and Geisler (1998). Other authorities raise three subfamilies more: Antrozoinae (which is here the separate family of pallid bats), Tomopeatinae (now regarded as a subfamily of the free-tailed bats), and Nyctophilinae (here included in Vespertilioninae).

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