Template:Taxonomy/Molossidae

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Ancestral taxa
Domain:	Eukaryota	/displayed	[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Amorphea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Obazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Opisthokonta		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Holozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Filozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Choanozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Kingdom:	Animalia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Bilateria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Nephrozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superphylum:	Deuterostomia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Phylum:	Chordata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Olfactores		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subphylum:	Vertebrata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Infraphylum:	Gnathostomata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Eugnathostomata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Teleostomi		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superclass:	Tetrapoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Reptiliomorpha		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Amniota		[Taxonomy; edit]
.....	.....
Class:	Mammalia	/skip	[Taxonomy; edit]
.....	.....
Subclass:	Theria	/skip	[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Eutheria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Infraclass:	Placentalia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Magnorder:	Boreoeutheria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superorder:	Laurasiatheria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Scrotifera		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Apo-Chiroptera		[Taxonomy; edit]
Order:	Chiroptera		[Taxonomy; edit]
Suborder:	Yangochiroptera		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superfamily:	Vespertilionoidea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Family:	Molossidae		[Taxonomy; edit]

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Parent:	Vespertilionoidea [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank:	familia (displays as Family)
Link:	Free-tailed bat|Molossidae(links to Free-tailed bat)
Extinct:	no
Always displayed:	yes (major rank)
Taxonomic references:	Teeling, E. C.; Springer, M.; Madsen, O.; Bates, P.; O'Brien, S.; Murphy, W. (2005-01-28). "A Molecular Phylogeny for Bats Illuminates Biogeography and the Fossil Record". Science. 307 (5709): 580–584. doi:10.1126/science.1105113. PMID 15681385.
Parent's taxonomic references:	Hutcheon, J.M.; Kirsch, J.A.W. (2006). "A moveable face: Deconstructing the Microchiroptera and a new classification of extant bats". Acta Chiropterologica. 8 (1): 1–10. doi:10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[1:AMFDTM]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1733-5329. Miller-Butterworth, C. M.; Murphy, W. J.; O'Brien, S. J.; Jacobs, D. S.; Springer, M. S.; Teeling, E. C. (2007). "A Family Matter: Conclusive Resolution of the Taxonomic Position of the Long-Fingered Bats, Miniopterus". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24 (7): 1553–1561. doi:10.1093/molbev/msm076. PMID 17449895.