Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
Family Mormoopidae Saussure, 1860 - naked-backed bats, moustached bats, ghost-faced bats
Genus Pteronotus Gray, 1838 - naked-backed bats, moustached bats
Subgenus Pteronotus Gray, 1838 - naked-backed bats
Pteronotus davyi Gray, 1838 - Davy's naked-backed bat
Pteronotus davyi fulvus Thomas, 1892