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Synemporion

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Vespertilionidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Class
  
Mammalia

Species
  
S. keana

Order
  
Bat

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Genus
  
Sinemporion Kendra Snyder, 2016

Similar
  
Bat, Hawaiian hoary bat, Hoary bat, Lasiurus, Vesper bat

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.

References

Synemporion Wikipedia