Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably Kerivoulinae (Subfamily) Miller, 1907
Questionably Miniopterinae (Subfamily) Dobson, 1875
Questionably Murininae (Subfamily) Miller, 1907
Questionably †Plionycteris (Genus) Lindsay & Jacobs, 1985
Questionably †Potamonycteris (Genus) Czaplewski, 1991
Questionably †Shanwangia (Genus) Yang, 1977
Questionably Vespertilioninae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Current position

Vespertilionoidea (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.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 70.

Historical positions

Vespertilionoidea (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: 451.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 316.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: 1995
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 196; 5.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 70.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 631.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1029-1030; 1026.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 578.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	48g;415s;444ss; ‡3s; †13g;6s;1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Oct 2014	[48g;415s;444ss; †13g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	48g;425s
2005	N.B. Simmons: 529	[48g;404s;444ss; ‡3s; †1ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[35g; †13g]
1993	K.F. Koopman	35g;318[317]s; ‡[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[44g];~350[348]s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	6sf;34g;283s