Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats Genus Syconycteris Matschie, 1899 - blossom bats Syconycteris australis (Peters, 1867) - common blossom bat Syconycteris australis major Andersen, 1911