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) [Mops brachypterus brachypterus] (Peters, 1852)