Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats Genus Pteropus Brisson, 1762 - flying foxes Pteropus subniger species group Pteropus dasymallus Temminck, 1825 - Ryukyu flying fox [Pteropus dasymallus dasymallus] Temminck, 1825