Vespertilio

Vespertilio
Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758

Vespertilio is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. The common name for this family is vesper bats, which is a better-known classification than Vespertilio. They are also known as frosted bats.^{[citation needed]}

Species within the genus Vespertilio are:

• Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus
• Asian parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio sinensis