Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875

Original entries

Questionably Diclidurinae (Subfamily) (Gray, 1866) Miller, 1907
Questionably Emballonurinae (Subfamily) Gervais, 1855

Subsequent entries

Taphozoinae (Subfamily) Jerdon, 1867

Current position

Emballonuroidea (Superfamily) (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928

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.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 302.

Historical positions

Emballonuroidea (Superfamily) (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928	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: 381.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 302.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: 1995
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 156; 5.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 49.
Emballonuroidea (Superfamily) (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 631.
Emballonuroidea (Superfamily) (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1026-1027.
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	13g;52s;61ss; †2g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Jul 2022	[13g;52s;61ss; †2g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	13g;51s
2005	N.B. Simmons: 391	[13g;51s;61ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[13g; †1g]
1993	K.F. Koopman	13g;47s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[13g];~49s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2sf;12g