Dobson, 1875
Echolocating bats
Characters
The following characters may be enumerated in addition to those mentioned in the key to suborders (see Order Chiroptera): Tragus normally present (absent in Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae only); skull with rostral portion usually specialized in form; postorbital processes usually absent or rudimentary (well developed in Emballonuridae); teeth of the insectivorous type, except in some of the Phyllostomidae and in the Desmodontinae, the cheek teeth of the upper and lower jaws very different from each other (except in the Desmodontinae), the cusps of the molars when present homologous with those of the primitive tuberculo-sectorial tooth; lower incisors often 3-3.
Principal subdivisions
As might be expected from the large number of its species, the suborder Microchiroptera presents much more diversity of structure than the Megachiroptera.
(Miller, 1907)
Families and genera of Microchiroptera in the Indian subcontinent:
Family Rhinopomatidae
Genus Rhinopoma
Family Emballonuridae
Genus Taphozous
Family Megadermatidae
Genus Megaderma
Family Rhinolophidae
Genus Rhinolophus
Family Hipposideridae
Genus Hipposideros
Genus Triaenops
Genus Asellia
Genus Coelops
Family Molossidae
Genus Tadarida
Genus Otomops
Family Vespertilionidae
Genus Myotis
Genus Plecotus
Genus Barbastella
Genus Otonycteris
Genus Scotomanes
Genus Scotophilus
Genus Eptesicus
Genus Vespertilio
Genus Ia
Genus Tylonycteris
Genus Pipistrellus
Genus Scotoecus
Genus Nyctalus
Genus Philetor
Genus Hesperoptenus
Genus Miniopterus
Genus Murina
Genus Harpiocephalus
Genus Kerivoula