Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Emballonuridae Gervais, 1855 - sheath-tailed bats
         Subfamily Emballonurinae Gervais, 1855
           Genus Mosia Gray, 1843
             Mosia nigrescens Gray, 1843
               Mosia nigrescens papuana Thomas, 1914