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 Phyllostomus Lacépède, 1799 - spear-nosed bats Phyllostomus hastatus (Pallas, 1767) - greater spear-nosed bat [Phyllostomus hastatus hastatus] (Pallas, 1767)