Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats
         Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821
           Tribe Lasiurini Tate, 1942
             Genus Lasiurus Gray, 1831 - hairy-tailed bats
               Subgenus Dasypterus Allen, 1894
                 Lasiurus ega (Gervais, 1856) - southern yellow bat
                   1 [Lasiurus ega ega] (Gervais, 1856)
                   2 Lasiurus ega argentinus (Thomas, 1901)
                   3 Lasiurus ega caudatus Tomes, 1857
                   4 Lasiurus ega fuscatus Thomas, 1901
                   5 Lasiurus ega panamensis Thomas, 1901