Alternative spellings: Cheiroptera, Chiropteri
Parent taxon: Scrotifera according to R. J. Asher and K. M. Helgen 2010
See also Bonaparte 1850, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gadow 1898, Gray 1821, Gregory 1910, Hay 1902, Hooker 1986, Jaekel 1911, Madsen et al. 2001, McKenna 1975, Nowak 1991, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014, Waddell et al. 2001, Waddell et al. 1999 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Acreodi, Bulbulodentata, Euungulata, Ferae, Fereuungulata
Subtaxa: Aegyptonycteridae Animalivora Archaeopteropus Australonycteris Eochiroptera Fructivorae Frugivora Icaronycteridae Insectivorae Megachiroptera Microchiropteramorpha Mixopteryx Nycterididae Onychonycteridae Philisidae Samonycteris Tanzanycterididae Vesperugo Yangochiroptera Yinpterochiroptera
Ecology: volant insectivore