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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Synapsida (synapsids)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
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Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
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Order Chiroptera (bats)
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Family Vespertilionidae (evening bats and vesper bats)
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Subfamily Vespertilioninae (evening bats, forest bats, pipistrelles, serotines, and relatives)
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Tribe Pipistrellini (pipistrelles, noctules, and relatives)-
Genus Nyctalus (noctules)
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Species Nyctalus aviator (birdlike noctule) -
Species Nyctalus azoreum (Azores noctule)
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Species Nyctalus furvus (Japanese noctule)
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Species Nyctalus lasiopterus (giant noctule)
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Species Nyctalus leisleri (lesser noctule)
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Species Nyctalus montanus (mountain noctule)
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Species Nyctalus noctula (noctule)
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Species Nyctalus plancyi (Chinese noctule)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
