Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
     Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
       Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
         Family Craseonycteridae Hill, 1974
         Family Emballonuridae Gervais, 1855 - sheath-tailed bats
         Family Furipteridae Gray, 1866 - smoky bats
         Family †Icaronycteridae Jepsen, 1966
         Family Megadermatidae Allen, 1864 - false vampire bats and yellow-winged bats
         Family Molossidae Gervais, 1856 - free-tailed bats and mastiff bats
         Family Mormoopidae Saussure, 1860 - naked-backed bats, moustached bats, ghost-faced bats
         Family Mystacinidae Dobson, 1875 - New Zealand short-tailed bats
         Family Myzopodidae Thomas, 1904
         Family Natalidae Gray, 1866 - funnel-eared bats
         Family Noctilionidae Gray, 1821 - bulldog bats
         Family Nycteridae van der Hoeven, 1855 - slit-faced bats
         Family †Palaeochiropterygidae Revilliod, 1917
         Family †Philisidae Sigé, 1985
         Family Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825 - New-World leaf-nosed bats
         Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats
         Family Rhinolophidae Gray, 1825 - horseshoe bats
         Family Rhinopomatidae Bonaparte, 1838 - mouse-tailed bats
         Family Thyropteridae Miller, 1907 - disc-winged bats
         Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats