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 Nyctophilini Peters, 1865 Genus Nyctophilus Leach, 1821 - New Guinean and Australian big-eared bats Nyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, 1821 - lesser long-eared bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi pacificus Gray, 1831