Chiroptera

From Palaeos

<==Chiroptera (see below for synonymy)
   |  i. s.: Neopteryx frosti
   |         Casinycteris argynnis
   |         Otopteropus cartilagonodus
   |         Alionycteris paucidentata
   |         Latidens salimalii
   |         Platalina genovensium
   |         Paracoelops megalotis
   |         Lamingtona lophorhina [=Nyctophilus lophorhina]
   |         Eudiscopus denticulus
   |         Pharotis imogene
   |         Vampyravus orientalis Schlosser 1910 [=Provampyrus orientalis]
   |         Vespadelus
   |           |--V. caurinus
   |           `--V. finlaysoni
   |         Paranyctimene raptor
   |--Icaronycteris [Icaronycterididae]
   `--+--Archaeonycterididae
      |    |--Archaeonycteris
      |    `--Australonycteris Hand, Novacek et al. 1994
      |         `--*A. clarkae Hand, Novacek et al. 1994
      `--+--+--Hassianycteris [Hassionycterididae]
         |  `--+--Palaeochiropteryx [Palaeochiropterygidae]
         |     `--Yangochiroptera (see below for synonymy)
         |          |  i. s.: Cistugo
         |          |           |--C. lesueuri
         |          |           `--C. seabrai
         |          |--Emballonuridae
         |          `--+--Vespertilionidae
         |             `--+--Noctilionoidea
         |                `--+--Myzopoda Milne Edwards & Grandidier 1878 (see below for synonymy)
         |                   |    `--*M. aurita
         |                   `--Thyroptera Spix 1823 (see below for synonymy)
         |                        |--*T. tricolor
         |                        `--T. discifera [=*Hyonycteris discifera]
         `--Yinpterochiroptera
              |--Pteropodidae
              `--+--Rhinopoma Geoffroy 1813 (see below for synonymy)
                 |    |--*R. microphyllum [=Vespertilio microphyllum]
                 |    `--R. cystops
                 `--+--Craseonycteris [Craseonycteridae]
                    |    `--C. thonglongyai
                    `--+--Rhinolophoidea
                       `--Nycteris Geoffroy 1803 (see below for synonymy)
                            |--*N. hispida [=Vespertilio hispidus; incl. *Nycterops pilosa]
                            |--N. aethiopica
                            |--N. arge
                            |--N. capensis
                            |--N. fuliginosa
                            |--N. grandis
                            |--N. javanica [=*Pelatia javanica, *Petalia javanica]
                            |--N. luteola
                            `--N. thebiaca

Chiroptera [Animalivora, Anistiophori, Chauve-souris, Chiropteres, Istiophori, Microchiroptera, Phyllostomata, Phyllostomina]

Myzopoda Milne Edwards & Grandidier 1878 [=Myxopoda Dobson 1878; Myxopodeae, Myzopodidae]

Nycteris Geoffroy 1803 [=Nicteris Desmarest 1803, Nycterus Fischer 1813; incl. Nycterops Gray 1866, Petalia Gray 1838, Pelatia Gray 1866; Nycteridae, Nycterides, Nycterididae, Nycterina, Nycterinae]

Rhinopoma Geoffroy 1813 [=Rhinopomus Gervais 1854, Rhynopoma Bowdich 1821; Rhinopomata, Rhinopomatidae, Rhinopomatini, Rhinopomidae, Rhinopomina]

Thyroptera Spix 1823 [incl. Hyonycteris Lictenstein & Peters 1854; Thyropteridae]

Yangochiroptera [Noctiliones, Noctilionina, Nyctophili, Nyctophilina, Vespertilionoidea]

* Type species of generic name indicated

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