Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
     Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats
       Subfamily Macroglossinae Gray, 1866
         Genus Melonycteris Dobson, 1877
           Melonycteris melanops Dobson, 1877 - black-bellied fruit bat