Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 451 529 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Hesperoptenus (Hesperoptenus) Peters 1868 Hesperoptenus (Hesperoptenus) Peters 1868 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin , 1868: 626 . Type Species: Vesperus (Hesperoptenus) doriae Peters 1868