Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Rhinopomatoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838

Subsequent entries

Rhinopoma (Genus) Geoffroy, 1818

Current position

Rhinolophoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825

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: 59.
Emballonuroidea (Superfamily) (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 49.
Rhinopomatoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 304.

Historical positions

Rhinolophoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 380.
Rhinopomatoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 304.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: 1995
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 155; 5.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 49.
Emballonuroidea (Superfamily) (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1026.
Emballonuroidea (Superfamily) (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 575.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;4s;10ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 17 Sep 2014	[1g;4s;10ss]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	1g;4s
2005	N.B. Simmons: 381	[1g;4s;10ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g]
1993	K.F. Koopman	1g;3s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g];3s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;3s