Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821 Genus Scotophilus Leach, 1821 - house bats, yellow bats Scotophilus dinganii (Smith, 1833) - African yellow house bat