After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991

Alternative (molecular) phylogeny after Giannini & Simmons, 2003

Alternative taxonomy after Bergmans, 1997 [from Giannini & Simmons, 2003]

<==o Megachiroptera (suurlepakot)
   `--o Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 (hedelmälepakot)
      |-- †Archaeopteropus transiens Meschinelli, 1903 [Archaeopteropodinae]
      `--+-- †Propotto leakeyi Simpson, 1967 [Propottinae]
         `--+-- Macroglossinae Gray, 1821 (kielilepakot)
            `--o Pteropodinae Gray, 1821 ()?
               |-- Pteropodini Gray, 1821 ()?
               `--+--o Harpyionycterini Miller, 1907
                  |  `--o Harpyionycteris
                  |     |-- H. whiteheadi
                  |     `-- H. celebensis
                  `--+-- Epomophorini Gray, 1866
                     `-- Cynopterini Andersen, 1912

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