Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson 1875 (bat)
Parent taxon: Microchiropteramorpha according to D. L. Harrison and J. J. Hooker 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeonycteridae, Hassianycterididae, Jaegeria, Palaeochiropterygidae
Subtaxa: Afropterus, Emballonuroidea, Icaronycteridae, Icaronycteroidea, Nycteridae, Philisidae, Phyllostomatidae, Phyllostomatoidea, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophoidea, Tanzanycterididae, Vespertilionidae, Vespertilionoidea
Ecology: volant insectivore