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 Stenodermatinae Gervais, 1856
Tribe Sturnirini Miller, 1907 [monotypic]
Genus Sturnira Gray, 1842 - yellow-shouldered bats
Subgenus Sturnira Gray, 1842
Sturnira lilium (Geoffroy, 1810) - yellow-shouldered bat
Sturnira lilium parvidens Goldman, 1917