Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
     Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
       Family Emballonuridae Gervais, 1855 - sheath-tailed bats
         Subfamily Emballonurinae Gervais, 1855
           Genus Taphozous Geoffroy, 1818 - tomb bats
             Subgenus Liponycteris Thomas, 1922
               Taphozous hamiltoni Thomas, 1920 - Hamilton's tomb bat