Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Yangochiroptera (Infraorder) Koopman, 1984

Subsequent entries

Mystacina (Genus) Gray, 1843

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.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 86.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821
Yangochiroptera (Infraorder) Koopman, 1984	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 307.

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: 394.
Yangochiroptera (Infraorder) Koopman, 1984	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 307.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: 1995
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 231; 5.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 86.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1030; 1026.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 579.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s; ‡1s; †1g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 15 Jun 2022	[1g;1s; ‡1s; †1g;1s]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	1g;2s
2005	N.B. Simmons: 395	[1g;1s; ‡1s]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g]
1993	K.F. Koopman	1g;2[1]s; ‡[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g];2[1]s; ‡[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;1s