Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 - amniotes
           Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
             Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
               Theria of Metatherian-Eutherian grade
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
                     1 Suborder Megachiroptera Dobson, 1875 [monotypic] see Superfamily Pteropodoidea Gray, 1821
                     2 Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779