Alternative spelling: Cheiroptera
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, Gray 1821, Gregory 1910, Hooker 1986, Madsen et al. 2001, McKenna 1975, Nowak 1991, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014, Waddell et al. 2001 and Waddell et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Euungulata, Ferae, Fereuungulata
Subtaxa: Aegyptonycteridae Animalivora Archaeopteropus Craseonycteridae Eochiroptera Fructivorae Frugivora Furipteridae Insectivorae Megachiroptera Megadermatidae Microchiroptera Microchiropteramorpha Mixopteryx Molossidae Myzopodidae Natalidae Noctilionoidea Nycterididae Onychonycteridae Phyllostomidae Rhinolophidae Rhinopomatidae Thyropteridae Vesperugo
Ecology: volant insectivore