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Chiropterabats

  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
    • Eumetazoametazoans
      • Bilateriabilaterally symmetrical animals
        • Deuterostomiadeuterostomes
          • PhylumChordatachordates
            • Craniatacraniates
              • SubphylumVertebratavertebrates
                • SuperclassGnathostomatajawed vertebrates
                  • Euteleostomibony vertebrates
                    • ClassSarcopterygiilobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates
                      • Tetrapodatetrapods
                        • Amniotaamniotes
                          • Synapsidasynapsids
                            • ClassMammaliamammals
                              • SubclassTheriaTherian mammals
                                • InfraclassEutheriaplacental mammals
                                  • OrderChiropterabats
                                    • FamilyCraseonycteridaebumblee bat and hog-nosed bat
                                    • FamilyEmballonuridaesac-winged bats, sheath-tailed bats, and relatives
                                    • FamilyFuripteridaesmoky bats and thumbless bats
                                    • FamilyHipposideridaeleaf-nosed bats, roundleaf bats, and trident bats
                                    • FamilyMegadermatidaefalse vampire bats
                                    • FamilyMolossidaefree-tailed bats
                                    • FamilyMormoopidaeghost-faced bats, moustached bats, and naked-backed bats
                                    • FamilyMystacinidaeNew Zealand short-tailed bats
                                    • FamilyMyzopodidaeOld World sucker-footed bat
                                    • FamilyNatalidaefunnel-eared bats
                                    • FamilyNoctilionidaebulldog bats
                                    • FamilyNycteridaeslit-faced bats
                                    • FamilyPhyllostomidaeNew World leaf-nosed bats
                                    • FamilyPteropodidaeOld World fruit bats
                                    • FamilyRhinolophidaehorseshoe bats
                                    • FamilyRhinopomatidaemouse-tailed bats
                                    • FamilyThyropteridaedisc-winged bats
                                    • FamilyVespertilionidaeevening bats and vesper bats

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  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
  • PhylumChordatachordates
  • SubphylumVertebratavertebrates
  • ClassMammaliamammals
  • OrderChiropterabats

Related Taxa

  • FamilyCraseonycteridaebumblee bat and hog-nosed bat
  • FamilyEmballonuridaesac-winged bats, sheath-tailed bats, and relatives
  • FamilyFuripteridaesmoky bats and thumbless bats
  • FamilyHipposideridaeleaf-nosed bats, roundleaf bats, and trident bats
  • FamilyMegadermatidaefalse vampire bats
  • FamilyMolossidaefree-tailed bats
  • FamilyMormoopidaeghost-faced bats, moustached bats, and naked-backed bats
  • FamilyMystacinidaeNew Zealand short-tailed bats
  • FamilyMyzopodidaeOld World sucker-footed bat
  • FamilyNatalidaefunnel-eared bats
  • FamilyNoctilionidaebulldog bats
  • FamilyNycteridaeslit-faced bats
  • FamilyPhyllostomidaeNew World leaf-nosed bats
  • FamilyPteropodidaeOld World fruit bats
  • FamilyRhinolophidaehorseshoe bats
  • FamilyRhinopomatidaemouse-tailed bats
  • FamilyThyropteridaedisc-winged bats
  • FamilyVespertilionidaeevening bats and vesper bats