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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Synapsida (synapsids)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
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Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
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Order Chiroptera (bats)
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Family Vespertilionidae (evening bats and vesper bats)
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Subfamily Vespertilioninae (evening bats, forest bats, pipistrelles, serotines, and relatives)
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Tribe Eptesicini (brown bats, serotines, false serotines, sprites, and relatives)
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Genus Arielulus (sprites)-
Species Arielulus aureocollaris (collared sprite)
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Species Arielulus circumdatus (bronze sprite)
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Species Arielulus cuprosus (coppery sprite)
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Species Arielulus societatis (social sprite)
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Species Arielulus torquatus (necklace sprite)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
