Molossus molossus (Pallas, 1766) . Misc. Zool., p. 49 -50.

TYPE LOCALITY: Martinique (Lesser Antilles), (France) .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Sinaloa and S. Tamaulipas (Mexico) to Peru, N. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Guianas; Greater and Lesser Antilles; Margarita Isl.; Curacao; Bonaire; Trinidad; Tobago.

COMMENT: Includes fortis, milleri, debilis, and tropidorhynchus; see Varona, 1974:42. Called major by Hall and Kelson, 1959:216, and Cabrera, 1958: 130; but see Husson, 1962, Zool. Meded. Rijks. Mus. Nat. Hist. Leiden, 58:251-259. Hall, 1981:255, included coibensis in molossus . Antillean populations reviewed by Genoways, et al., 1981, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 50:475:492. Includes buriiesi; see Freeman, 1981: 158.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405016004004001 as M. molossus .

5301405016004006001 as M. tropidorhynchus .