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 leucomelas (Cretzschmar, 1826) - eastern barbastelle
                 1 [Barbastella leucomelas leucomelas] (Cretzschmar, 1826)
                 2 Barbastella leucomelas darjelingensis Hodgson, 1855