Talk:Vesper bat

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Since this is a group of bats, not a single species, shouldn't it be renamed "Vesper bats" (lowercase "bats")? Ditto for all other "Xxxx bat" which are multi-specific. Jorge Stolfi 02:54, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Link

The genus Philetor links to an article of a different name, and of totally different meaning. There is no offer for redirection. 71.226.90.37 00:05, 16 March 2007 (UTC)william —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.226.90.37 (talk) 00:04, 16 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Miniopterus

Miniopterus is no longer believed to be a part of this familiy. The subfamily Miniopterinae has been raised to familial status, Miniopteridae (Hutcheon & Kirsch, 2004; Van Den Bussche & Hoofer, 2004; Miller-Butterworth et al., 2007). One of the studies also places it as sister taxon to Vepertilionidae (Miller-Butterworth et al., 2007)

So this page and the Miniopterine pages should probably be edited to reflect this

Hutcheon, J. & Kirsch, J. (2004) Camping in a Different Tree: Results of Molecular Systematic Studies of Bats Using DNA-DNA Hybridization. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 11, 17-47. Van Den Bussche, R. & Hoofer, S. (2004) Phylogenetic Relationships Among Recent Chiropteran Families and the Importance of Choosing Appropriate Out-Group Taxa. Journal of Mammalogy, 85, 321-330. Miller-Butterworth, C., Murphy, W., O'Brien, S., Jacobs, D., Springer, M., & Teeling, E. (2007) A Family Matter: Conclusive Resolution of the Taxonomic Position of the Long-fingered Bats, Miniopterus. Molecular Biology and Evolution. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.67.245 (talk) 23:44, 17 April 2008 (UTC)