Genetic evidence led to the reclassification of these animals into two suborders with the prefixes "yin" and "yang." Genetic evidence disproved the perennial hypothesis that these animals weren't monophyletic, with one half being a sister group of the primates to form the supposed superorder Archonta. Like haplorhines (HAP-luh-rine-z) and caviids (KAV-ee-id-z), most of these mammals have lost the ability to make vitamin C. The traditional taxonomy of these mammals divided them into "mega" and "micro" varieties. This mammalian order has the only non-marine mammals native to New Zealand. Populations of these mammals are being devastated by white-nose syndrome, which kills them while they are hibernating in caves. For 10 points, name these mammals that are the primary reservoir of rabies, which can be spread by bites from their "vampire" variety. ■END■
ANSWER: bats [or Chiroptera; or chiropterans; or specific bats; or flying foxes]
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