Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats Genus Aethalops Thomas, 1923 - pygmy fruit bat Aethalops alecto (Thomas, 1923) - pygmy fruit bat [Aethalops alecto alecto] (Thomas, 1923)