Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Rhinolophoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825

Subsequent entries

Nycteris (Genus) Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795

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.
Megadermatoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 575.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 52.
Rhinolophoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 305.

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: 391.
Rhinolophoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 305.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: 1995
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 161; 5.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 52.
Rhinolophoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1028; 1026.
Megadermatoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 575.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;16s;18ss; †2g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Jul 2022	[1g;16s;18ss; †2g;2s]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	1g;16s
2005	N.B. Simmons: 394	[1g;16s;18ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g]
1993	K.F. Koopman	1g;12s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g];~14s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;13s