Suborder Megachiroptera Dobson 1875 (fruit bat)
Parent taxon: Chiroptera according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
See also Carroll 1988, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gregory 1910, Jaekel 1911 and McKenna 1975
Sister taxa: Aegyptonycteridae, Animalivora, Archaeopteropus, Australonycteris, Eochiroptera, Fructivorae, Frugivora, Icaronycteridae, Insectivorae, Microchiropteramorpha, Mixopteryx, Nycterididae, Onychonycteridae, Philisidae, Samonycteris, Tanzanycterididae, Vielasia, Yangochiroptera, Yinpterochiroptera
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: volant frugivore
Distribution: found only at Batu Caves (Quaternary of Malaysia)