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
               Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774) - noctule
                 1 [Nyctalus noctula noctula] (Schreber, 1774)
                 2 Nyctalus noctula labiata Hodgson, 1835
                 3 Nyctalus noctula lebanoticus Harrison, 1962
                 4 Nyctalus noctula mecklenburzevi Kuziakin, 1934