Emballonuridae Gervais 1855 Emballonuridae Gervais 1855, in: F. Comte de Castelnau, Exped. Partes Cen. Am. Sud., Zool. (Sec. 7), Vol. 1, pt. 2 (Mammiferes): 62 footnote. Genera: 13 genera with 51 species in 2 subfamilies: Subfamily Taphozoinae Jerdon 1867 Genus Saccolaimus Temminck 1838 (4 species with 5 subspecies) Genus Taphozous E. Geoffroy 1818 (14 species with 22 subspecies) Subfamily Emballonurinae Gervais 1855 Genus Balantiopteryx Peters 1867 (3 species with 2 subspecies) Genus Centronycteris Gray 1838 (2 species) Genus Coleura Peters 1867 (2 species with 2 subspecies) Genus Cormura Peters 1867 (1 species) Genus Cyttarops Thomas 1913 (1 species) Genus Diclidurus Wied-Neuwied 1819 (4 species with 2 subspecies) Genus Emballonura Temminck 1838 (9 species with 17 subspecies) Genus Mosia Gray 1843 (1 species with 3 subspecies) Genus Peropteryx Peters 1867 (4 species with 6 subspecies) Genus Rhynchonycteris Peters 1867 (1 species) Genus Saccopteryx Illiger 1811 (5 species with 2 subspecies) Discussion: For alternative phylogenies see Barghoorn (1977), Robbins and Sarich (1988), Griffiths and Smith (1991), and Dunlop (1998).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Emballonuridae, pp. 381-391 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 381, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519