Vespertilionoidea

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea
Familiae (5 + †1): Cistugidae – Miniopteridae – Molossidae – Natalidae – †Philisidae – Vespertilionidae

Name

Vespertilionoidea Gray, 1821 [first used as superfamilia by Weber, 1928]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. London Medical Repository 15(1): 296–310.
• Weber, M. 1928. Die Saugetiere. II. Systematischer Teil. Gustav Fischer, Jena, xxiv + 898 pp.

Additional references

• Amador, L.I., Arévalo-Moyers, R.L., Almeida, F.C., Catalano, S.A. & Giannni, N.P. 2018. Bat systematics in the light of unconstrained analyses of a comprehensive molecular supermatrix. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 25: 37–70. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-016-9363-8 Reference page.