Myotis atacamensis (Lataste, 1892) . Actes Soc. Sei. Chile, 1:80.

TYPE LOCALITY: Chile, Antofogasta, San Pedro de Atacama .

DISTRIBUTION: S. Peru; N. Chile. Coastal desert (AP).

COMMENT: Listed as a subspecies of chiloensis by Cabrera, 1958:99. Includes nicholsoni; see LaVal, 1973, Bull. Los Ang. Cty. Mus. Nat. Hist. Sei. Soc., 15: 18-20.