The
Yinpterochiroptera is a proposed suborder of the Chiroptera, which includes the
megabatMegabats is the term used informally to refer to bats of the family Pteropodidae . They are also referred to as fruit bats, old world fruit bats, or flying foxes...
s and three of the
microbatThe microbats constitute the suborder Microchiroptera within the order Chiroptera . They are most often referred to by their scientific name...
families:
RhinopomatidaeMouse-tailed bats are a group of insectivorous bats of the family Rhinopomatidae with only three species, all contained in the single genus Rhinopoma. They are found in the Old World, from North Africa to Thailand and Sumatra, in arid and semi-arid regions, roosting in caves, houses and even the...
, Rhinolophidae and
MegadermatidaeMegadermatidae, or False Vampire Bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, eastwards through southern Asia, and into Australia. They are relatively large bats, ranging from 6.5 cm to 14 cm in head-body length. They have large eyes, very large ears and a prominent nose-leaf. They have a...
. This taxon is primarily based on molecular genetics data. This is a relatively recent proposal, which challenges the traditional view that megabats and microbats form monophyletic groups of bats. Further studies are being conducted, using both molecular and morphological cladistic methodology, to assess its merit.
The term
Yinpterochiroptera is constructed from the words
Pteropodidae (the family of megabats) and
Yinochiroptera (a term proposed in 1984 by Karl F.
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The
Yinpterochiroptera is a proposed suborder of the Chiroptera, which includes the
megabatMegabats is the term used informally to refer to bats of the family Pteropodidae . They are also referred to as fruit bats, old world fruit bats, or flying foxes...
s and three of the
microbatThe microbats constitute the suborder Microchiroptera within the order Chiroptera . They are most often referred to by their scientific name...
families:
RhinopomatidaeMouse-tailed bats are a group of insectivorous bats of the family Rhinopomatidae with only three species, all contained in the single genus Rhinopoma. They are found in the Old World, from North Africa to Thailand and Sumatra, in arid and semi-arid regions, roosting in caves, houses and even the...
, Rhinolophidae and
MegadermatidaeMegadermatidae, or False Vampire Bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, eastwards through southern Asia, and into Australia. They are relatively large bats, ranging from 6.5 cm to 14 cm in head-body length. They have large eyes, very large ears and a prominent nose-leaf. They have a...
. This taxon is primarily based on molecular genetics data. This is a relatively recent proposal, which challenges the traditional view that megabats and microbats form monophyletic groups of bats. Further studies are being conducted, using both molecular and morphological cladistic methodology, to assess its merit.
The term
Yinpterochiroptera is constructed from the words
Pteropodidae (the family of megabats) and
Yinochiroptera (a term proposed in 1984 by Karl F. Koopman to refer to certain families of microbats).
Apparently the first appearance of the term
Yinpterochiroptera was in 2001, in an article by Mark Springer et al.
As an alternative to the subordinal names Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiroptera, some researchers use the terms Pteropodiformes and Vespertilioniformes. Under this new proposed nomenclature, Pteropodiformes is the suborder that would replace Yinpterochiroptera.