Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Noctilionidae Gray, 1821 - bulldog bats Genus Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766 - bulldog bats, fisherman bats Subgenus Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766 Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758) - greater bulldog bat Noctilio leporinus mastivus Vahl, 1797