Chiroptera

From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

• IPA^(key): /kaɪˈɹɒptəɹə/

Chiroptera

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the bats.

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Chiroptera.

• (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder

• (order): Megachiroptera (the megabats), Microchiroptera (the true bats—the mouse-tailed bat, sac-winged bat, smoky bat, etc.) (suborders)
  • Cistugidae, Craseonycteridae, Emballonuridae, Furipteridae, Hipposideridae, Megadermatidae, Miniopteridae, Molossidae, Mormoopidae, Mystacinidae, Myzopodidae, Natalidae, Noctilionidae, Nycteridae, Phyllostomidae, Pteropodidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinopomatidae, Thyropteridae, Vespertilionidae - families
    • Cistugo, Craseonycteris, Emballonura, Furipterus, Hipposideros, Megaderma, Miniopterus, Molossus, Mormoops, Mystacina, Myzopoda, Natalus, Noctilio, Nycteris, Phyllostomus, Pteropus, Rhinolophus, Rhinopoma, Thyroptera, Vespertilio - selected genera

• Chiroptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chiroptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chiroptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chiroptera in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
• Chiroptera on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Chiroptera at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Chiroptera at Encyclopedia of Life
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521