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 Chaerephon Dobson, 1874 - lesser mastiff bats
             Chaerephon plicatus species group
               01 Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae (Festa, 1907)
               02 Chaerephon bregullae (Felten, 1964)
               03 Chaerephon chapini Allen, 1917
               04 Chaerephon gallagheri (Harrison, 1975)
               05 Chaerephon jobensis (Miller, 1902) - northern mastiff-bat
               06 Chaerephon johorensis (Dobson, 1873)
               07 Chaerephon leucogaster Grandidier, 1870
               08 Chaerephon major (Trouessart, 1897)
               09 Chaerephon nigeriae Thomas, 1913
               10 Chaerephon plicatus (Buchannan, 1800)
               11 Chaerephon pumilus (Cretzschmar, 1830-1831)
               12 Chaerephon russatus Allen, 1917
               13 Chaerephon shortridgei Thomas, 1926
               14 Chaerephon solomonis (Troughton, 1931)
               15 Chaerephon tomensis (Juste & Ibañez, 1993)