Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Nycteridae van der Hoeven, 1855 - slit-faced bats Genus Nycteris Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - slit-faced bats Nycteris javanica species group Nycteris javanica Geoffroy, 1813 - Javan slit-faced bat [Nycteris javanica javanica] Geoffroy, 1813