Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats Genus Melonycteris Dobson, 1877 Subgenus Nesonycteris Thomas, 1887 Melonycteris fardoulisi Flannery, 1993 [Melonycteris fardoulisi fardoulisi] Flannery, 1993