Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Molossidae Gervais, 1856 - free-tailed bats and mastiff bats Subfamily Molossinae Gervais, 1856 Genus Tadarida Rafinesque, 1814 - free-tailed bats Tadarida teniotis species group Tadarida ventralis (Heuglin, 1861) - African giant free-tailed bat Tadarida ventralis africana Dobson, 1876