Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Chiroptera

Original position

Questionably Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Subsequent entries

Myzopoda (Genus) Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1878

Current position

Noctilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: Gunnell et al., 2014: 2; Upham et al., 2019: Data S3

Alternative positions

Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Emballonuroidea (Superfamily) (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 69.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 316.

Historical positions

Emballonuroidea (Superfamily) (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 394.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 316.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: 1995
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 196; 5.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 69.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 631.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1029; 1026.
Vespertilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 578.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;2s; †1g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 15 Jun 2022	[1g;2s; †1g;2s]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	1g;1s
2005	N.B. Simmons: 394	[1g;1s]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g]
1993	K.F. Koopman	1g;1s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g];1s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;1s