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
         01 Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae (Festa, 1907)
         02 Chaerephon ansorgei (Thomas, 1913)
         03 Chaerephon bemmeleni (Jentink, 1879)
         04 Chaerephon bivittata (Heuglin, 1861) see Chaerephon bivittatus (Heuglin, 1861)
         05 Chaerephon chapini Allen, 1917
         06 Chaerephon gallagheri (Harrison, 1975)
         07 Chaerephon jobensis (Miller, 1902) - northern mastiff-bat
         08 Chaerephon johorensis (Dobson, 1873)
         09 Chaerephon major (Trouessart, 1897)
         10 Chaerephon nigeriae Thomas, 1913
         11 Chaerephon plicata (Buchanan, 1800) see Chaerephon plicatus (Buchannan, 1800)
         12 Chaerephon pumila (Cretzschmar, in Rüppell, 1830) see Chaerephon pumilus (Cretzschmar, 1830-1831)
         13 Chaerephon russata J.A. Allen, 1917 see Chaerephon russatus Allen, 1917