Translingual

Proper noun

Vespertilionidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Chiroptera – the common bats.

Hypernyms

• (family): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Chiroptera - order; Microchiroptera - suborder; Vespertilionoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Kerivoulinae (woolly bats), Miniopterinae (bent-winged bats and long-fingered bats), Murininae (hairy-winged bats and tube-nosed bats), Myotinae (mouse-eared bats and relatives), Vespertilioninae (evening bat, long-eared bats, pipistrelles, serotines, and relatives) - subfamilies.
  • See Vespertilionidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia and Vespertilionidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies for genera.