Phylogenetic Tree


Pteropodidae
("Megabats")


Rhinopomatidae
(Mouse-tailed bats)
Megadermatidae
(False vampire bats)
Craseonycteridae
(Bumblebee bats)
Rhinonycteridae
(Orange Leaf-Nosed)
Hipposideridae
(*Old-World Leaf-Nosed bats*)
Rhinolophidae
(Horseshoe bats)


Emballonuridae
(Sac-winged bats, Sheath-tailed bats)
Nycteridae
(Slit-Faced bats)


Miniopteridae
(Bent-winged bats, Long-fingered bats)
Cistugidae
(Wing-gland bats)
Molossidae
(Free-tailed bats)
Natalidae
(Funnel-eared bats)
Vespertilionidae
(*Most diverse family of bats, there are so many of them*)


Noctilionidae
(Bulldog/Fishing bats)
Thyropteridae
(Disk-winged bats)
Furipteridae
(Smoky bat, Thumbless bat)
Mormoopidae
(Mustached bats, Ghost-faced bats, Naked-backed bats)
Phyllostomidae
(*New-world Leaf-nosed bats*)
Myzopodidae
(Sucker-footed bats)
Mystacinidae
(Short-tailed)