Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 Family Nycteridae van der Hoeven, 1855 - slit-faced bats Genus Nycteris Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - slit-faced bats Nycteris grandis Peters, 1865 - large slit-faced bat