Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
     Family Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825 - New-World leaf-nosed bats
       Subfamily Brachyphyllinae Gray, 1866
         Genus Brachyphylla Gray, 1834
           Brachyphylla cavernarum Gray, 1834 - St Vincent fruit-eating bat