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{{short description|Suborder of bats}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Microbats | image = Townsends in music hall.jpg | image_caption = [[Townsend's big-eared bat]]s in a [[cave]]. | image_alt = Townsend's big-eared bat | taxon = Microchiroptera | authority = [[George Edward Dobson|Dobson]], 1875 | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = | subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies | subdivision = *[[Emballonuroidea]] *[[Rhinopomatoidea]] *[[Rhinolophoidea]] *[[Vespertilionoidea]] *[[Molossoidea]] *[[Nataloidea]] *[[Noctilionoidea]] }} '''Microbats''' constitute the [[suborder]] '''Microchiroptera''' within the [[Order (biology)|order]] Chiroptera ([[bat]]s). Bats have long been differentiated into [[Megachiroptera]] (megabats) and Microchiroptera, based on their size, the use of [[Animal echolocation|echolocation]] by the Microchiroptera and other features; molecular evidence suggests a somewhat different subdivision, as the microbats have been shown to be a [[paraphyletic]] group.<ref name="microbat paraphyly" />
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