Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Molossidae Gervais, 1856 - free-tailed bats and mastiff bats
         Subfamily Molossinae Gervais, 1856
           Genus Chaerephon Dobson, 1874 - lesser mastiff bats
             Chaerephon plicatus species group
               Chaerephon plicatus (Buchannan, 1800)
                 1 [Chaerephon plicatus plicatus] (Buchannan, 1800)
                 2 Chaerephon plicatus dilatatus Horsfield, 1822
                 3 Chaerephon plicatus insularis Phillips, 1932
                 4 Chaerephon plicatus luzonus Hollister, 1913
                 5 Chaerephon plicatus tenuis Horsfield, 1822