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 Plecotus Geoffroy, 1818 - lump-nosed bats
             Subgenus Plecotus E. Geoffroy, 1818
               Plecotus teneriffae Barrett-Hamilton, 1907