Dichotomous Key/Chiroptera

Chiroptera

Chiroptera
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Placentalia
Order	Chiroptera
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Parent key: Mammalia
Subclasses
Marsupialia - Monotremata - Placentalia
Key: Mammalia
Orders
Afrosoricida - Artiodactyla - Carnivora - Cetacea - Chiroptera - Dermoptera - Insectivora - Lagomorpha - Macroselidae - Marsupialia - Monotremata - Perissodactyla - Pholidota - Primates - Proboscidea - Rodentia - Scandentia - Sirenia - Xenarthra

1

• Claw on second toes of the forelimb
  • Present - #2: Megachiroptera
  • Not present - #3: Microchiroptera

3: Microchiroptera

• Tail length
  • Long - Rhinopomatidae
  • Short or absent - #4

4

• Shape of posterior tip of last caudal vertebrae
  • T-shaped - Nycteridae
  • Same as other vertebrae - #5

5

• Suction cups on wrists and ankles
  • Present - #6
  • Not present - #7

6

• Number of phalanges
  • Two, united for most of their length - Myzopodidae
  • Other - Thyropteridae

7

• Secondary fold on tragus
  • Present - Mormoopidae
  • Not present, or tragus not present - #8

8

• Tragus
  • Divided - Megadermatidae
  • Not divided, or not present - #9