Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Yangochiroptera (Infraorder) Koopman, 1984

Original entries

Questionably Furipteridae (Family) Gray, 1866
Questionably Molossidae (Family) Gervais, 1856
Questionably Myzopodidae (Family) Thomas, 1904
Questionably Natalidae (Family) Gray, 1866
Questionably †Philisidae (Family) Sigé, 1985
Questionably Thyropteridae (Family) Miller, 1907

Subsequent entries

Vespertilionidae (Family) Gray, 1821

Current position

Vespertilioniformes (Suborder)

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

Alternative positions

Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991
Yangochiroptera (Infraorder) Koopman, 1984	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 313.

Historical positions

Vespertilioniformes (Suborder)	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Yangochiroptera (Infraorder) Koopman, 1984	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 313.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 631.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1026.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 577.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5f;67g;524s;567ss; ‡3s; †1f;20g;14s;1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 19 Feb 2022	[3f;67g;524s;567ss; †1f;20g]
2020	C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 27)	[5f]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[6f;53g; †1f;20g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 632	[3f]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	[7f;52g]