Pteropodiformi Hutcheon & Kirsch, 2006

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Suborder Pteropodiformi Hutcheon & Kirsch, 2006

Pteropodiformes Hutcheon & Kirsch, 2006: 9 .

The classical subdivision of the order Chiroptera into two suborders, Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera , has undergone quite an evolution over the last decennia, which resulted in a rearrangement into the suborders Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiroptera (see ACR 2016: 11–13 for a discussion). As the content of these suborders has changed rather frequently, Hutcheon & Kirsch (2006: 1) suggested two new subordinal names: Vespertilioniformes (for the group including Emballonuridae , Nycteridae , and the ‘yangochiropterans’) and Pteropodiformes (for the taxon comprised of Craseonycteridae, Hipposideridae , Megadermatidae , Rhinolophidae , Rhinopomatidae, and Pteropodidae ). However, if the standardization of the nomenclature suggested by Alonso-Zarazaga (2005) is followed, ‘-formes’ indicates ordinal level, while the subordinal suffix should be ‘-formi’, leading to the suborder names Vespertilioniformi and Pteropodiformi .