Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Noctilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Subsequent entries

Noctilio (Genus) Linnaeus, 1766

Current position

Noctilionoidea (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: 59.
Emballonuroidea (Superfamily) (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 575.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 58.
Phyllostomatoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1027.
Phyllostomoidea (Superfamily)

Historical positions

Noctilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	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: 428.
Noctilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 308.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: 1995
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 176; 5.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 58.
Phyllostomatoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1027; 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;2s;6ss; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 22 Sep 2014	[1g;2s;6ss]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	1g;2s
2005	N.B. Simmons: 429	[1g;2s;6ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g]
1993	K.F. Koopman	1g;2s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g];2s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;2s