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 melanotus species group
             Pteropus melanotus Blyth, 1863
               1 [Pteropus melanotus melanotus] Blyth, 1863
               2 Pteropus melanotus modiglianii Thomas, 1894
               3 Pteropus melanotus natalis Thomas, 1887
               4 Pteropus melanotus niadicus Miller, 1906
               5 Pteropus melanotus tytleri Dobson, 1874