Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats
         Subfamily Miniopterinae Dobson, 1875
           Genus Miniopterus Bonaparte, 1837 - long-fingered bats
             Miniopterus natalensis (Smith, 1834)
               Miniopterus natalensis arenarius Heller, 1912