Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Emballonuridae Gervais, 1855 - sheath-tailed bats
         Subfamily Taphozoinae Jerdon, 1867
           Genus Taphozous Geoffroy, 1818 - tomb bats
             Subgenus Taphozous Geoffroy, 1818
               Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841 - black-bearded tomb bat
                 1 [Taphozous melanopogon melanopogon] Temminck, 1841
                 2 Taphozous melanopogon bicolor Temminck, 1841
                 3 Taphozous melanopogon cavaticus Hollister, 1913
                 4 Taphozous melanopogon fretensis Thomas, 1916
                 5 Taphozous melanopogon phillipinensis Waterhouse, 1845