Vespertilionidae is a family of bats characterized by an ear tragus and without a nose-leaf. The tail is comparatively long so that the interfemoral membrane can be used as a pouch.
[n] - the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world
Vespertilionidae 1. Cosmopolitan family of mainly insectivorous microchiropteran bats containng about 280 species; habits solitary to gregarious, often migratory; some species hibernate. 2. A large, widely distributed family of insectivorous bats of the suborder Microchiroptera, characterized by a long slender tail and well-developed ears. The Ba...
family Vespertilionidae noun the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world