Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Family Molossidae Gervais, 1856 - free-tailed bats and mastiff bats Genus Chaerephon Dobson, 1874 - lesser mastiff bats Chaerephon russata J.A. Allen, 1917 see Chaerephon russatus Allen, 1917