Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
                   Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
                     Superfamily Phyllostomoidea see Superfamily Noctilionoidea Gray, 1821
                       Family Desmodontidae see Subfamily Desmodontinae Bonaparte, 1845
                         Genus Desmodus Wied-Neuwied, 1826 - common vampire bat
                           Desmodus rotundus (Geoffroy, 1810) - common vampire bat