Family Molossidae Gervais 1856 (free-tailed bat)
Parent taxon: Chiroptera according to R. M. Nowak 1991
Sister taxa: Animalivora, Archaeopteropus, Craseonycteridae, Emballonuridae, Fructivorae, Frugivora, Furipteridae, Insectivorae, Megachiroptera, Megadermatidae, Microchiropteramorpha, Mormoopidae, Mystacinidae, Myzopodidae, Natalidae, Onychonycteridae, Rhinopomatidae, Thyropteridae, Vesperugo
Subtaxa: Eumops, Molossinae, Mormopterus, Nyctinomus, Potamops, Rhizomops, Tadaridinae
Ecology: volant insectivore