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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 Craseonycteridae (bumblee bat and hog-nosed bat) -
Family Emballonuridae (sac-winged bats, sheath-tailed bats, and relatives)
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Family Furipteridae (smoky bats and thumbless bats) -
Family Hipposideridae (leaf-nosed bats, roundleaf bats, and trident bats)
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Family Megadermatidae (false vampire bats)
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Family Molossidae (free-tailed bats)
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Family Mormoopidae (ghost-faced bats, moustached bats, and naked-backed bats)
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Family Mystacinidae (New Zealand short-tailed bats)
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Family Myzopodidae (Old World sucker-footed bat)
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Family Natalidae (funnel-eared bats)
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Family Noctilionidae (bulldog bats)
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Family Nycteridae (slit-faced bats)
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Family Phyllostomidae (New World leaf-nosed bats)
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Family Pteropodidae (Old World fruit bats)
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Family Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats)
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Family Rhinopomatidae (mouse-tailed bats)
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Family Thyropteridae (disc-winged bats)
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Family Vespertilionidae (evening bats and vesper bats)
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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.
