vespertilionine

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  1. Resembling a bat of the restricted genus Vespertilio; of or pertaining to the subfamily Vespertilioninæ.
  2. Vespertilionine alliance one of two series of microchiropteran bats, having the tail inclosed in the interfemoral membrane and a diastema between the middle upper incisors, containing the families Rhinolophidæ, Nycteridæ, and Vespertilionidæ. The tribe is contrasted with the emballonurine alliance.
  3. A bat of the subfamily Vespertilioninæ or of the vespertilionine alliance.

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