title: Hesperoptenus
text: # Hesperoptenus
  
  Hesperoptenus is a genus of bats within the Vespertilionidae or vesper bat family.
  
  The species within this genus are:
  
  * Blanford's bat (Hesperoptenus blanfordi)
  * False serotine bat (Hesperoptenus doriae)
  * Gaskell's false serotine (Hesperoptenus gaskelli)
  * Tickell's bat (Hesperoptenus tickelli)
  * Large false serotine (Hesperoptenus tomesi)
  