Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
     Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
       Family Molossidae Gervais, 1856 - free-tailed bats and mastiff bats
         Genus Molossops Peters, 1866 - broad-faced bats
           Subgenus Cynomops Thomas, 1920 see Genus Cynomops Thomas, 1920
             Molossops planirostris (Peters, 1865[1866]) - southern dog-faced bat see Cynomops planirostris (Peters, 1866)