Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
                   Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
                     Superfamily Emballonuroidea (Gervais, in de Castelnau, 1855) Weber, 1928
                       Family Emballonuridae Gervais, 1855 - sheath-tailed bats
                         Subfamily Emballonurinae Gervais, 1855
                           Genus Taphozous Geoffroy, 1818 - tomb bats
                             Subgenus Taphozous Geoffroy, 1818
                               Taphozous perforatus Geoffroy, 1818 - Egyptian tomb bat