Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Molossidae Gervais, 1856 - free-tailed bats and mastiff bats
         Subfamily Molossinae Gervais, 1856
           Genus Mops Lesson, 1842 - greater mastiff bats
             Subgenus Xiphonycteris Dollman, 1911
               Mops brachypterus (Peters, 1852)
                 1 [Mops brachypterus brachypterus] (Peters, 1852)
                 2 Mops brachypterus leonis Thomas, 1908