Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats
         Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821
           Tribe Plecotini Gray, 1866
             Genus Barbastella Gray, 1821 - barbastelles
               Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774) - western barbastelle
                 1 [Barbastella barbastellus barbastellus] (Schreber, 1774)
                 2 Barbastella barbastellus guanchae Trujillo, Ibáñez & Juste, 2002