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Chiroptera

11220  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11220)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Tetrapoda (Superclass)
  6. Mammalia (Class)
  7. Theria (Subclass)
  8. Eutheria (Infraclass)
  9. Chiroptera (Order)
Blumenbach, 1779
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  1. Family Aegyptonycteridae Simmons, Seiffert & Gunnell, 2016 †
  2. Family Archaeonycteridae †
  3. Genus Australonycteris Hand, Novacek, Godthelp & Archer, 1994 †
  4. Genus Chadronycteris Ostrander, 1983 †
  5. Family Chiroptera incertae sedis †
  6. Family Cistugidae Lack et al., 2010
  7. Family Craseonycteridae Hill, 1974
  8. Family Emballonuridae Dobson, 1875
  9. Family Furipteridae Gray, 1866
  10. Family Hassianycterididae Habersetzer & Storch, 1987 †
  11. Family Hipposideridae Lydekker, 1891
  12. Family Icaronycteridae Jepsen, 1966 †
  13. Family Megadermatidae Allen, 1864
  14. Family Miniopteridae Dobson, 1875
  15. Family Mixopterygidae Maitre, 2008 †
  16. Family Molossidae Gervais, 1856
  17. Family Mormoopidae de Saussure, 1860
  18. Family Mystacinidae Dobson, 1875
  19. Family Myzopodidae Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1878
  20. Family Natalidae Gray, 1866
  21. Family Noctilionidae Gray, 1821
  22. Family Noctilionoidea incertae sedis
  23. Family Nycteridae Van der Hoeven, 1855
  24. Family Onychonycteridae Simmons, Seymour, Habersetzer & Gunnell, 2008 †
  25. Family Palaeochiropterygidae Revilliod, 1917 †
  26. Family Philisidae †
  27. Family Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825
  28. Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821
  29. Family Rhinolophidae Gray, 1825
  30. Family Rhinopomatidae Bonaparte, 1838
  31. Family Tanzanycterididae †
  32. Family Thyropteridae Miller, 1907
  33. Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821
  34. Family Chiroptera (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
  35. Family Archaeonycterididae Revilliod, 1917 † accepted as Archaeonycteridae †
  36. Family Phyllostomatidae Coues & Yarrow, 1875 accepted as Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825 (variant spelling)
  37. Family Pteropidae Gray, 1821 accepted as Pteropodidae Gray, 1821
  38. Family Macroglossidae Gray, 1866 accepted as Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, currently accepted as subfamily)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2022). Chiroptera. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11220 on 2025-07-02
Date
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2010-05-31 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2022-04-25 18:45:53Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2022-04-26 18:56:39Z
changed
Rees, Tony

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details] 

name verified source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. [details] 

current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Bats. [details]
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