Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats Subfamily Macroglossinae Gray, 1866 Genus Syconycteris Matschie, 1899 - blossom bats Syconycteris carolinae Rozendaal, 1984