Synemporion Temporal range: Holocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: |
Sinemporion Ziegler et al., 2016 |
Species: | S. keana |
Binomial name | |
Synemporion keana Ziegler et al., 2016 |
Synemporion was an extinct genus of bat which lived in what is now Hawaii, between 320,000 and 1,100 years ago.
The first fossil remnants of Synemporion were found in a lava tube in Maui in 1981, but have since been found on other islands as well.