Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats
         Genus Melonycteris Dobson, 1877
           Subgenus Melonycteris Dobson, 1877
             Melonycteris melanops Dobson, 1877 - black-bellied fruit bat