Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
     Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats
       Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821
         Genus Nyctalus Bowdich, 1825 - noctule bats
           1 Nyctalus aviator (Thomas, 1911)
           2 Nyctalus azoreum (Thomas, 1901)
           3 Nyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780) - giant noctule
           4 Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817) - lesser noctule
           5 Nyctalus montanus (Barrett-Hamilton, 1906)
           6 Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774) - noctule