Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825 - New-World leaf-nosed bats
         Subfamily Phyllostominae Gray, 1825
           Genus Macrotus Gray, 1843 - big-eared bats
             Macrotus waterhousii Gray, 1843 - Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat
               Macrotus waterhousii bulleri Allen, 1890