Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
     Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
       Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats
         Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821
           Genus Lasiurus Gray, 1831 - hairy-tailed bats
             Subgenus Lasiurus Gray, 1831
               Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796) - hoary bat