Chiroptera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chiroptera
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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera

‎Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordines (2): Yinpterochiroptera – Yangochiroptera
[source: sensu Springer et al. (2001)]

Name

Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779: 58

Classifications

Traditional view sensu Dobson (1875): Megachiroptera – Microchiroptera
Alternative view sensu Hutcheon & Kirsch (2004): Pteropodiformes – Vespertilioniformes

References

Primary references

Blumenbach, J.F. 1799. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte. Sechste Ausgabe [6th edition]. Johann Christian Dieterich: Göttingen. XVI + 708 pp. GoogleBooks Reference page.
Dobson, G.E. 1875. Conspectus of the Suborders, Families, and Genera of Chiroptera arranged according to their Natural Affinities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4, 16(95): 345–357. DOI: 10.1080/00222937508681865 BHL Reference page.
Springer, M.S., Teeling, E.C., Madsen, O., Stanhope, M.J. & de Jong, W.W. 2001. Integrated fossil and molecular data reconstruct bat echolocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98(11): 6241–6246. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.111551998 Reference page.
Hutcheon, J.M. & Kirsch, J.A.W. 2004. Camping in a different tree: results of molecular systematic studies of bats using DNA-DNA hybridization. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 11(1): 17–47. DOI: 10.1023/B:JOMM.0000029144.80747.d2 Reference page.

Additional references

Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–241 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page.
Teeling, E.C., Scally, M., Kao, D.J., Romagnoli, M.L., Springer, M.S. & Stanhope, M.J. 2000. Molecular evidence regarding the origin of echolocation and flight in bats. Nature 403: 188–192. DOI: 10.1038/35003188 Reference page.
Teeling, E.C., Madsen, O., Van Den Bussche, R.A., de Jong, W.W., Stanhope, M.J. & Springer, M.S. 2002. Microbat paraphyly and the convergent evolution of a key innovation in Old World rhinolophoid microbats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99(3): 1431–1436. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.022477199 Reference page.
Van Den Bussche, R.A. & Hoofer, S.R. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among recent chiropteran families and the importance of choosing appropriate out-group taxa. Journal of Mammalogy 85(2): 321–330. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0321:PRARCF>2.0.CO;2
Eick, G.N., Jacobs, D.S. & Matthee, C.A. 2005. A Nuclear DNA Phylogenetic Perspective on the Evolution of Echolocation and Historical Biogeography of Extant Bats (Chiroptera). Molecular Biology and Evolution 22(9): 1869–1886. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi180 Reference page.
Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Teeling, E.C., Springer, M.S., Madsen, O., Bates, P., O’Brien, S.J. & Murphy, W.J. 2005. A Molecular Phylogeny for Bats Illuminates Biogeography and the Fossil Record. Science 307(5709): 580–584. DOI: 10.1126/science.1105113 Reference page.
Hutcheon, J.M. & Kirsch, J.A.W. 2006. A moveable face: deconstructing the Microchiroptera and a new classification of extant bats. Acta Chiropterologica 8(1): 1–10. DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[1:AMFDTM]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
Miller-Butterworth, C.M., Murphy, W.J., O'Brien S.J., Jacobs, D.S., Springer, M.S. & Teeling, E.C. 2007. A family matter: conclusive resolution of the taxonomic position of the long-fingered bats, Miniopterus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24(7): 1553–1561. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm076 Reference page.
Teeling, E.C. 2009 Hear, hear: the convergent evolution of echolocation in bats? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 24(7): 351–354. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.02.012
Fenton, M.B. 2010.Convergences in the diversification of bats. Current Zoology 56(4): 454−468.
Meganathan, P.R., Pagan, H.J.T., McCulloch, E.S., Stevens, R.D. & Ray, D.A. 2012. Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of three bats species and whole genome mitochondrial analyses reveal patterns of codon bias and lend support to a basal split in Chiroptera. Gene 492(1): 121–129. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.10.038
Teeling, E.C., Dool, S., Springer, M.S. 2012. Phylogenies, fossils and functional genes: the evolution of echolocation in bats. pp. 1–22, in Gunnell, G.F. & Simmons, N.B. (Eds.) Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Springer, M.S. 2013. Phylogenetics: Bats United, Microbats Divided. Current Biology 23(22): R999–R1001. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.053
Tsagkogeorga, G., Parker, J., Stupka, E., Cotton, J.A. & Rossiter, S.J. 2013. Phylogenomic analyses elucidate the evolutionary relationships of bats. Current Biology 23(2): 2262–2267. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.014 Reference page.
Lei, M. & Dong, D. 2016. Phylogenomic analyses of bat subordinal relationships based on transcriptome data. Scientific Reports 6: 27726. DOI: 10.1038/srep27726 Reference page.
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.

Links

Chiroptera – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Vlermuise
ak: Apan/Dankwansere
aragonés: Apagacandil
asturianu: Esperteyu
অসমীয়া: বাদুলি
беларуская: Рукакрылыя
български: Прилепи
বাংলা: বাদুড়
català: Ratapinyada
corsu: topupinnuti, accelli tupini
čeština: Letouni
dansk: Flagermus
Deutsch: Fledertiere
Ελληνικά: Νυχτερίδα
emiliàn e rumagnòl: Papastrèl
English: Bats
Esperanto: Vespertoj
español: Murciélago
فارسی: خفاش
suomi: Lepakot
Nordfriisk: Fladerdiarten
français: Chauve-souris
galego: Morcego
ગુજરાતી: ચામાચિડિયું
Hawaiʻi: ‘Ōpe‘ape‘a
עברית: עטלפים
हिन्दी: चमगादड़
hrvatski: Netopiri
magyar: Denevérek
հայերեն: Չղջիկներ
Bahasa Indonesia: Kelelawar
Ido: Vespertilio
íslenska: leðurblaka
italiano: Pipistrelli
日本語: コウモリ目
ქართული: ხელფრთიანები
한국어: 박쥐
Ligure: Ratti Penughi
Limburgs: Vliermuis
lietuvių: Šikšnosparniai
मराठी: वटवाघूळ
नेपाली: चमेरो
Nederlands: Vleermuizen
norsk: Flaggermus
Diné bizaad: Jaaʼabaní
polski: Nietoperze
português: Quirópteros
română: Liliac
русский: Рукокрылые
slovenčina: Netopiere
svenska: Fladdermöss
Kiswahili: Popo
Türkçe: Yarasalar
українська: Рукокрилі
vèneto: Babastrel/Babastrìo, Zergnàpola/Signàpola
中文: 翼手目