Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Hipposideridae Lydekker, 1891 - Old World leaf-nosed bats
         Genus Cloeotis Thomas, 1901 - African trident-nosed bat
           1 Cloeotis percivali Thomas, 1901 - short-eared trident bat