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 thersites Thomas, 1903 - railer bat see Mops thersites (Thomas, 1903)