Family Nycteridae (slit-faced bat)
Parent taxon: Microchiroptera according to W. H. Flower and R. Lydekker 1891
Sister taxa: Afropterus, Emballonuroidea, Icaronycteridae, Icaronycteroidea, Philisidae, Phyllostomatidae, Phyllostomatoidea, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophoidea, Tanzanycterididae, Vespertilionidae, Vespertilionoidea
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: volant insectivore