Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Chiroptera

Subsequent positions

Megachiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875

Original entries

Questionably †Archaeopteropodinae (Subfamily) Simpson, 1945
Questionably Harpyionycterinae (Subfamily) Miller, 1907
Questionably Macroglossinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1866
Questionably Nyctimeninae (Subfamily) Miller, 1907
Questionably †Propottininae (Subfamily) Butler, 1984
Questionably Pteropodinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Current position

Pteropodoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Alternative positions

Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Megachiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 295.

Historical positions

Pteropodoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Megachiroptera (Clade) Dobson 1875	Ref: M.A. O'Leary et al., 2013: table S2 (p. 87). [rough position]
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 313.
Megachiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 295.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: 1995
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 137; 5.
Megachiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 40.
Megachiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 631.
Megachiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1026.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	43g;183s;205ss; ‡6s;1ss; †2g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 12 Sep 2014	[43g;183s;205ss; †2g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	42g;190s
2005	N.B. Simmons: 350	[42g;180s;205ss; ‡6s;1ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[42g; †2g]
1993	K.F. Koopman	42g;166[161]s; ‡[5s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[41g];~162[160]s; ‡[4s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2[-3]sf;[38g;149s]