Laephotis

Laephotis (known as the African long-eared bat) is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae.^[1] Species within this genus are:

• Angolan long-eared bat (Laephotis angolensis)
• Botswanan long-eared bat (Laephotis botswanae)
• Cape serotine (Laephotis capensis)
• East African serotine (Laephotis kirinyaga)
• Isalo serotine (Laephotis malagasyensis)
• Malagasy serotine (Laephotis matroka)
• Namib long-eared bat (Laephotis namibensis)
• Roberts's serotine (Laephotis robertsi)
• Stanley's serotine (Laephotis stanleyi)
• De Winton's long-eared bat (Laephotis wintoni)

Laephotis
Cape serotine (L. capensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Tribe:	Vespertilionini
Genus:	Laephotis Thomas, 1901
Type species
Laephotis wintoni Thomas, 1901
Species
See text

Some species in this genus were formerly classified in Neoromicia before phylogenetic analysis placed them in Laephotis.^[2][3]