Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
       Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval. see Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval. - amniotes see Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
           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