Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
     Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
       Family Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825 - New-World leaf-nosed bats
         Subfamily Phyllostominae Gray, 1825
           Genus Micronycteris Gray, 1866 - big-eared bats
             Subgenus Glyphonycteris Thomas, 1896 see Genus Glyphonycteris Thomas, 1896
               Micronycteris sylvestris (Thomas, 1896) - brown big-eared bat see Glyphonycteris sylvestris Thomas, 1896