Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825 - New-World leaf-nosed bats
         Subfamily Stenodermatinae Gervais, 1856
           Tribe Sturnirini Miller, 1907 [monotypic]
             Genus Sturnira Gray, 1842 - yellow-shouldered bats
               Subgenus Sturnira Gray, 1842
                 Sturnira lilium (Geoffroy, 1810) - yellow-shouldered bat
                   1 [Sturnira lilium lilium] (Geoffroy, 1810)
                   2 Sturnira lilium angeli de la Torre, 1966
                   3 Sturnira lilium luciae Jones & Phillips, 1976
                   4 Sturnira lilium parvidens Goldman, 1917
                   5 Sturnira lilium paulsoni de la Torre, 1966
                   6 Sturnira lilium serotinus Genoways, 1998
                   7 Sturnira lilium vulcanensis Genoways, 1998
                   8 Sturnira lilium zygomaticus Jones & Phillips, 1976