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 macrotis species group
             Nycteris macrotis Dobson, 1876 - Dobson's slit-faced bat
               Nycteris macrotis aethiopica Dobson, 1878