living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
                     Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
                       Superfamily Vespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
                         1 Family Furipteridae Gray, 1866 - smoky bats
                         2 Family Natalidae Gray, 1866 - funnel-eared bats
                         3 Family Thyropteridae Miller, 1907 - disc-winged bats
                         4 Family Myzopodidae Thomas, 1904
                         5 Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats
                         6 Family Mystacinidae Dobson, 1875 - New Zealand short-tailed bats
                         7 Family Molossidae Gervais, 1856 - free-tailed bats and mastiff bats