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Order Chiroptera


Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Sub-kingdom Eumetazoa
Sub-sub-kingdom Bilateria
Metaphylum Enterocoelous Coelomates
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Mammalia
Subclass Theria
Infraclass Eutheria

Order Chiroptera

This group contains the bats and flying foxes. The pectoral appendages are modified as wings, and the hind legs are small and included in the wing membrane. Greek: cheir, hand + pteron, wing. (Dorit et al, 1991)