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1872. Gill — Continued. 
Order Chiroptera — Continued. 
Suborder Animalivora — Continued. 
F amily Molossidse. 
Family Noctilionidfe. 
a. Noctilionime. 
b. Emballonurinse. 
c. Furiinae. 
Suborder Frugivora. 
Family Pteropodidae. 
1875. Dobson, Conspectus of the suborders, families and genera of 
Chiroptera arranged according to their natural affinities. (Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., XVI, pp. 345-357, November, 1875.) 
Dobson’s classification has been the standard, little departed from 
except in minor details, during the past thirty years. 
Order Chiroptera. 
Suborder I. Megachiroptera. 
Family I. Pteropidse. 
Group I. Pteropi, 6 genera. 
Group II. Macroglossi, 3 genera. 
Suborder II. Microchiroptera. 
Family II. Rhinolophidse. 
Subfamily I. Rhinolophinae, 1 genus. 
Subfamily II. Phyllorhininae, 4 genera. 
Family III. Nycteridae. 
Subfamily I. Megaderminae, 1 genus. 
Subfamily II. Nycterinae, 1 genus. 
Family IV. Vespertilionidae. 
Group I. Plecoti, 7 genera. 
Group II. Vespertiliones, 8 genera. 
Group III. Miniopteri, 3 genera. 
Family V. Emballonuridae. 
Subfamily I. Emballonurinae. 
Group I. Emballonurae, 4 genera. 
Group II. Taphozoi, 3 genera. 
Group III. Rliinopoma, 1 genus. 
Group IV. Noctiliones, 1 genus. 
Subfamily II. Molossinae. 
Group V. Molossi, 4 genera. 
Group VI. Mystacinae, 1 genus. 
Family VI. Phvllostomidae. 
Subfamily I. Lobostomime. 
Group I. Mormopes, 3 genera. 
Subfamity II. Phyllostominse. 
Group II. Vampyri, 10 genera. 
Group III. Glossophagse, 6 genera. 
Group IV. Stenodermata, 10 genera. 
Group V. Desmodontes, 2 genera. 
