Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825 - New-World leaf-nosed bats
         Subfamily Glossophaginae Bonaparte, 1845
           Tribe Lonchophyllini Griffiths, 1982
             Genus Lionycteris Thomas, 1913
               Lionycteris spurrelli Thomas, 1913 - little long-tongued bat