Suborder Animalivora Gill 1872 (bat)
Parent taxon: Chiroptera according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1889 and Gregory 1910
Sister taxa: Aegyptonycteridae, Archaeopteropus, Australonycteris, Eochiroptera, Fructivorae, Frugivora, Icaronycteridae, Insectivorae, Megachiroptera, Microchiropteramorpha, Mixopteryx, Myotis, Nycterididae, Onychonycteridae, Philisidae, Samonycteris, Tanzanycterididae, Vielasia, Yangochiroptera, Yinpterochiroptera
Subtaxa: Phyllostomoidae
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Animalivora in the database