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 Plecotini Gray, 1866 Genus Plecotus Geoffroy, 1818 - lump-nosed bats Plecotus austriacus (Fischer, 1829) - grey long-eared bat Plecotus austriacus ariel Thomas, 1911