Suborder Animalivora Gill 1872 (bat)
Parent taxon: Chiroptera according to W. K. Gregory 1910
Sister taxa: Archaeopteropus, Craseonycteridae, Emballonuridae, Fructivorae, Frugivora, Furipteridae, Insectivorae, Megachiroptera, Megadermatidae, Microchiropteramorpha, Molossidae, Mormoopidae, Mystacinidae, Myzopodidae, Natalidae, Onychonycteridae, Rhinopomatidae, Thyropteridae, Vesperugo
Subtaxa: Noctilionidae, Phyllostomidae
Ecology: volant insectivore