Vespertilionoidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of bats}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Scotophilus kuhlii (Bukidnon, Philippines) 1.jpg

| image_caption = Lesser Asiatic yellow bat

(Scotophilus kuhlii)

| taxon = Vespertilionoidea

| authority = Gray, 1821

}}

Vespertilionoidea is a superfamily of bats containing five families: Cistugidae, Miniopteridae, Molossidae, Natalidae, and Vespertilionidae. It is one of three superfamilies in the suborder Yangochiroptera, the others being Noctilionoidea and Emballonuroidea.{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s10914-016-9363-8|title=Bat Systematics in the Light of Unconstrained Analyses of a Comprehensive Molecular Supermatrix|year=2018|last1=Amador|first1=Lucila I.|last2=Moyers Arévalo|first2=R. Leticia|last3=Almeida|first3=Francisca C.|last4=Catalano|first4=Santiago A.|last5=Giannini|first5=Norberto P.|journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution|volume=25|pages=37–70|s2cid=3318167|hdl=11336/55671|hdl-access=free}}