Order - Chiroptera

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Chiroptera

Name derivation: “hand wing”

Number of known Species: 1,449

Suborder: Yangochiroptera

  • Superfamily: Emballonuroidea (70 species - sheath-tailed bats, sac-winged bats)
  • Superfamily: Noctilionoidea (259 species - bulldog bats, moustached bats, New World leaf-nosed bats,
  • Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea (705 species - free-tailed bats, funnel-eared bats, simple-nosed bats)

Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera

  • Superfamily: Rhinolophoidea (218 species - Old World leaf-nosed bats, horseshoe bats, false vampire bats, mouse-tailed bats)
  • Family: Pteropodidae (197 species - megabats, fruit bats, flying foxes)

Notes: Based on Catalogue of Life as of July 2024