Chiroptera

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

• English: (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kaɪˈɹɒptəɹə/

Chiroptera

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

• For quotations using 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 – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Laurasiatheria – superorder

• (order): Yangochiroptera, Yinpterochiroptera – suborders
  • Cistugidae, Craseonycteridae, Emballonuridae, Furipteridae, Hipposideridae, Megadermatidae, Miniopteridae, Molossidae, Mormoopidae, Mystacinidae, Myzopodidae, Natalidae, Noctilionidae, Nycteridae, Phyllostomidae, Pteropodidae, Rhinolophidae, Rhinonycteridae, Rhinopomatidae, Thyropteridae, Vespertilionidae – extant families

• Chiroptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chiroptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Chiroptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chiroptera in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Chiroptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• 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. PMID 25923521, →DOI