Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats
         Genus Pteropus Brisson, 1762 - flying foxes
           Pteropus vampyrus species group
             Pteropus giganteus (Brünnich, 1782) - Indian flying fox
               1 [Pteropus giganteus giganteus] (Brünnich, 1782)
               2 Pteropus giganteus ariel Allen, 1908
               3 Pteropus giganteus chinghaiensis Wang & Wang, 1962
               4 Pteropus giganteus leucocephalus Hodgson, 1835