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 Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829 - pipistrelles
             Subgenus Falsistrellus Troughton, 1943 see Genus Falsistrellus Troughton, 1943
               Pipistrellus petersi (A. Meyer, 1899) - Peters' pipistrelle see Falsistrellus petersi (Meyer, 1899)