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 Tadarida Rafinesque, 1814 - free-tailed bats
             Tadarida teniotis species group
               Tadarida ventralis (Heuglin, 1861) - African giant free-tailed bat
                 1 [Tadarida ventralis ventralis] (Heuglin, 1861)
                 2 Tadarida ventralis africana Dobson, 1876