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 ludovici Anthony, 1924 - Anthony's bat
                   Sturnira ludovici occidentalis Jones & Phillips, 1964