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 Lasiurini Tate, 1942
             Genus Lasiurus Gray, 1831 - hairy-tailed bats
               Subgenus Dasypterus Allen, 1894
                 1 Lasiurus ega (Gervais, 1856) - southern yellow bat
                 2 Lasiurus insularis Hall & Jones, 1961
                 3 Lasiurus intermedius Allen, 1862 - northern yellow bat
                 4 Lasiurus xanthinus Thomas, 1897 - western yellow bat