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 poliocephalus species group Pteropus macrotis Peters, 1867 - big-eared flying fox Pteropus macrotis epularius Ramsay, 1878