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 nigrita (Schreber, 1774) - greater brown bat
Scotophilus nigrita alvenslebeni Dalquest, 1965