Dichotomous Key/Chiroptera

Chiroptera Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Mammalia Placentalia Chiroptera Mammalia Mammalia Subclasses ../Marsupialia/ - ../Monotremata/ - ../Placentalia/ 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 2: Megachiroptera 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 9