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