Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Phylum Craniata Linnaeus, 1758 see Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812
     Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
       Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
         Infraclass Placentalia Owen, 1837 see Cohort Placentalia Owen, 1837
           Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
             01 Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats
             02 Family Rhinolophidae Gray, 1825 - horseshoe bats
             03 Family Hipposideridae Lydekker, 1891 - Old World leaf-nosed bats
             04 Family Megadermatidae Allen, 1864 - false vampire bats and yellow-winged bats
             05 Family Rhinopomatidae Bonaparte, 1838 - mouse-tailed bats
             06 Family Craseonycteridae Hill, 1974
             07 Family Emballonuridae Gervais, 1855 - sheath-tailed bats
             08 Family Nycteridae van der Hoeven, 1855 - slit-faced bats
             09 Family Myzopodidae Thomas, 1904
             10 Family Mystacinidae Dobson, 1875 - New Zealand short-tailed bats
             11 Family Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825 - New-World leaf-nosed bats
             12 Family Mormoopidae Saussure, 1860 - naked-backed bats, moustached bats, ghost-faced bats
             13 Family Noctilionidae Gray, 1821 - bulldog bats
             14 Family Furipteridae Gray, 1866 - smoky bats
             15 Family Thyropteridae Miller, 1907 - disc-winged bats
             16 Family Natalidae Gray, 1866 - funnel-eared bats
             17 Family Molossidae Gervais, 1856 - free-tailed bats and mastiff bats
             18 Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats