Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably Molossinae (Subfamily) Gervais, 1856
Questionably Tomopeatinae (Subfamily) Miller, 1907

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: 87.

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: 432.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 313-314.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: 1995
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 232; 5.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 87.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 632.
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	16g;100s;111ss; †4g;6s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 6 Oct 2014	[16g;100s;111ss; †4g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	16g;104s
2005	N.B. Simmons: 451	[16g;100s;111ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[13g; †4g]
1993	K.F. Koopman	12g;80s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[13g];~89s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	12g