Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Chiroptera - (Family) Vespertilionidae

Original position

Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Vespertilionini (Tribe) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Vespertilio auritus Linnaeus, 1758
Vespertilio leporinus Linnaeus, 1758
Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758
Vespertilio perspicillatus Linnaeus, 1758
Vespertilio spasma Linnaeus, 1758
Vespertilio spectrum Linnaeus, 1758
Vespertilio vampyrus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Vespertilionini (Tribe) Gray, 1821

Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 498.

Alternative positions

Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 46.
Vespertilioninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 228.

Historical positions

Vespertilionini (Tribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 498.
Vespertilionini (Tribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 320.
Vespertilioninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 228.
Vespertilioninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 79.
Vespertilioninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 578.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 26, 46.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 18, 31. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;7ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 28 Sep 2014	[2s;7ss]
2005	N.B. Simmons: 498	[2s;7ss]
1993	K.F. Koopman	[2s]
1993	K.F. Koopman	[2s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[3s]
1766	C. a Linné	[6s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[7s]