Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Molossidae Gervais, 1856 - free-tailed bats and mastiff bats
         Subfamily Molossinae Gervais, 1856
           Genus Sauromys Roberts, 1917 - South African flat-headed bat
             Sauromys petrophilus (Roberts, 1917) - Roberts's flat-headed bat
               1 [Sauromys petrophilus petrophilus] (Roberts, 1917)
               2 Sauromys petrophilus erongensis Roberts, 1946
               3 Sauromys petrophilus fitzsimonsi Roberts, 1946
               4 Sauromys petrophilus haagneri (Roberts, 1917)
               5 Sauromys petrophilus umbratus Shortridge & Carter, 1938