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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 |
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Synemporion keana Ziegler et al., 2016 |
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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.