ADW: Chaerephon: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Chiroptera (bats)
        
        Family Molossidae (free-tailed bats)
        
        Subfamily Molossinae (free-tailed bats, mastiff bats, and relatives)
        
        Genus Chaerephon (free-tailed bats)
        
        Species Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae (Duke Of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon ansorgei (Ansorge's free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon bemmeleni (gland-tailed free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon bivittatus (spotted free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon bregullae (Fijian mastiff bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon chapini (Chapin's free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon gallagheri (Gallagher's free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon jobensis (northern mastiff bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon johorensis (northern free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon leucogaster (Grandidier's free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon major (lappet-eared free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon nigeriae (Nigerian free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon plicatus (wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon pumilus (little free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon russatus (russet free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon shortridgei (Shortridge's free-tailed bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon solomonis (Solomons mastiff bat)
        
        Species Chaerephon tomensis (S\\u00e3o Tom\\u00e9 free-tailed bat)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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