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Taxon: Superfamily Emballonuroidea (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875

Current position

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

Alternative positions

Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875 Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991
Yinochiroptera (Infraorder) Koopman, 1984

Historical positions

Vespertilioniformes (Suborder) Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 631.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1026.
Microchiroptera (Suborder) Dobson, 1875 Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 575.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 2f;14g;68s;79ss; †4g;6s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Jul 2022 [2f;14g;68s;79ss; †4g]
2020 C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 27) [3f]
1988 R.L. Carroll: 631 [1f]
1982 A.F. DeBlase: 1026 [3f;14g]
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