Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Chiroptera - (Family) Vespertilionidae
Original position
Current position
	Historical positions
	
		
			| Vespertilio (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 | 
				Ref: 
					
						N.B. Simmons, 2005: 498.
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				| Vespertilio (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 | 
					Ref: 
						
							K.F. Koopman, 1993: 228.
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					| Vespertilio (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 | 
						Ref: 
							
								G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 79.
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						| Vespertilio (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 | 
							Ref: 
								
									I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 578.
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							| Vespertilio (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 | 
								Ref: 
									
										C. a Linné, 1766: 47.
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								| Veſpertilio (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 | 
									Ref: 
										
											C. Linnaeus, 1758: 32.
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