Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Noctilionidae Gray, 1821 - bulldog bats
         Genus Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766 - bulldog bats, fisherman bats
           Subgenus Dirias Miller, 1906
             Noctilio albiventris Desmarest, 1818 - lesser bulldog bat
               1 [Noctilio albiventris albiventris] Desmarest, 1818
               2 Noctilio albiventris cabrerai Davis, 1976
               3 Noctilio albiventris minor Osgood, 1910