Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Chiroptera

Subsequent positions

Noctilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably Brachyphyllinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1866
Questionably Carolliinae (Subfamily) Miller, 1924
Questionably Desmodontinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845
Questionably Glossophaginae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845
Questionably Lonchophyllinae (Subfamily) Griffiths, 1982
Questionably Phyllonycterinae (Subfamily) Miller, 1907
Questionably Phyllostominae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825
Questionably Stenodermatinae (Subfamily) Gervais, 1856

Current position

Noctilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27); Upham et al., 2019: Data S3.

Alternative positions

Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 59.
Phyllostomoidea (Superfamily)

Historical positions

Noctilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 395.
Noctilionoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 308.
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: 1995
Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779	Ref: K.F. Koopman, 1993: 177; 5.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 59.
Phyllostomoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 576.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	56g;170s;142ss; ‡1s; †1g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 21 Sep 2014	[56g;170s;142ss; †1g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	55g;180s
2005	N.B. Simmons: 426	[55g;159s;142ss; ‡1s]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[49g; †1g]
1993	K.F. Koopman	49g;143[141]s; ‡[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[51g];~152[151]s; ‡[1s]