Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats
         Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821
           Tribe Nycticeiini Gervais, 1855
             Genus Scotophilus Leach, 1821 - house bats, yellow bats
               Scotophilus dinganii (Smith, 1833) - African yellow house bat
                 Scotophilus dinganii pondoensis Roberts, 1946