Order Dermoptera Illinger 1811 (colugo)
Synonyms: Galeopithecia Jaekel 1911, Ptenopleura Van der Hoeven 1858, Pterophorae Gray 1821
Parent taxon: Primatomorpha according to J. E. Janecka et al. 2007
See also Asher and Helgen 2010, Beard 1991, Bloch et al. 2007, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gray 1821, Gregory 1910, Gunnell 1989, Madsen et al. 2001, McKenna 1975, McKenna and Bell 1997, Nowak 1991, Van Valen 1967, Waddell et al. 2001, Waddell et al. 1999 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Dermotherium Elpidophorus Eudermoptera Galeopithecoidea Plagiomene Planetetherium Worlandia
Ecology: arboreal folivore