Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
     Suborder Megachiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Superfamily Pteropodoidea Gray, 1821
       Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats
         Subfamily Macroglossinae Gray, 1866
           Genus Melonycteris Dobson, 1877
             Subgenus Nesonycteris Thomas, 1887
               Melonycteris aurantius Phillips, 1966 - orange fruit bat see Melonycteris woodfordi aurantius Phillips, 1966