Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Noctilionidae Gray, 1821 - bulldog bats
         Genus Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766 - bulldog bats, fisherman bats
           1 Subgenus Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766
           2 Subgenus Dirias Miller, 1906