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 theobaldi Dobson, 1872 - Theobald's tomb bat
                 1 [Taphozous theobaldi theobaldi] Dobson, 1872
                 2 Taphozous theobaldi secatus Thomas, 1915