Family Mystacinidae Dobson 1875 (New Zealand short-tailed bat)
Parent taxon: Chiroptera according to R. M. Nowak 1991
Sister taxa: Animalivora, Archaeopteropus, Craseonycteridae, Emballonuridae, Fructivorae, Frugivora, Furipteridae, Insectivorae, Megachiroptera, Megadermatidae, Microchiropteramorpha, Molossidae, Mormoopidae, Myzopodidae, Natalidae, Onychonycteridae, Rhinopomatidae, Thyropteridae, Vesperugo
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: volant frugivore-insectivore