ADW: Sturnira: 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 Stenodermatinae (fruit-eating bats, tent-making bats, yellow-shouldered bats, and relatives)
        
        Tribe Sturnirini (yellow-shouldered bats)
        
        Genus Sturnira (yellow-shouldered bats)
        
        Species Sturnira aratathomasi (Aratathomas's yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira bidens (bidentate yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira bogotensis (Bogota yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira erythromos (hairy yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira lilium (little yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira ludovici (highland yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira luisi (Luis's yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira magna (greater yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira mistratensis (Mistratoan yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira mordax (Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira nana (lesser yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira oporaphilum (Tschudi's yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira thomasi (Thomas's yellow-shouldered bat)
        
        Species Sturnira tildae (Tilda yellow-shouldered 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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