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 Pipistrellini Tate, 1942
             Genus Nyctalus Bowdich, 1825 - noctule bats
               1 Nyctalus aviator (Thomas, 1911)
               2 Nyctalus azoreum (Thomas, 1901)
               3 Nyctalus furvus Imaizumi & Yoshiyuki, 1968
               4 Nyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780) - giant noctule
               5 Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817) - lesser noctule
               6 Nyctalus montanus (Barrett-Hamilton, 1906)
               7 Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774) - noctule
               8 Nyctalus plancyi Gerbe, 1880