Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  
 Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874
 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
    
 Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
      
 Subdivision Bilateralia
        
 Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
          
 Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
 see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
            
 Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
              
 Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                
 Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
                  
 Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875
 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
                    
 Superfamily Phyllostomoidea
 see Superfamily Noctilionoidea Gray, 1821
                      
 Family Desmodontidae
 see Subfamily Desmodontinae Bonaparte, 1845
                        
 Genus Desmodus Wied-Neuwied, 1826 - common vampire bat
                        
 Genus Diaemus Miller, 1906 - white-winged vampire bat
                        
 Genus Diphylla Spix, 1823 - hairy-legged vampire bat