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 Tadarida Rafinesque, 1814 - free-tailed bats Subgenus Xiphonycteris Dollman, 1911 Tadarida petersoni El Rayah, 1981 - Peterson's free-tailed bat see Mops petersoni (El Rayah, 1981)