ADW: Phyllostominae: 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 Phyllostomidae (New World leaf-nosed bats)
        
        Subfamily Phyllostominae (round-eared bats, spear-nosed bats, sword-nosed bats, and relatives)
        
        Genus Chrotopterus (big-eared woolly bat)
        
        Genus Glyphonycteris (tricolored bat, graybeard bat, and relatives)
        
        Genus Lampronycteris (orange-throated bats)
        
        Genus Lonchorhina (sword-nosed bats)
        
        Genus Lophostoma (round-eared bats)
        
        Genus Macrophyllum (long-legged bat)
        
        Genus Macrotus (leaf-nosed bats)
        
        Genus Micronycteris (big-eared bats)
        
        Genus Mimon (golden bat and hairy-nosed bat)
        
        Genus Neonycteris (big-eared bats)
        
        Genus Phylloderma (pale-faced bat)
        
        Genus Phyllostomus (spear-nosed bats)
        
        Genus Tonatia (round-eared bats)
        
        Genus Trachops (fringe-lipped bat)
        
        Genus Trinycteris (Niceforo's bats)
        
        Genus Vampyrum (spectral 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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Phyllostominaeround-eared bats, spear-nosed bats, sword-nosed bats, and relatives

Phyllostominae
round-eared bats, spear-nosed bats, sword-nosed bats, and relatives