Molossus ater E. Geoffroy, 1805 . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 3(96):279.

TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne .

DISTRIBUTION: E. Tamaulipas and W. Sinaloa (Mexico) to Peru, N. Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and Guianas; Trinidad.

COMMENT: Called rufus by Hall and Kelson, 1959:214, and Cabrera, 1958: 132; but see Husson, 1962, Zool. Meded. Rijks. Mus. Nat. Hist. Leiden, 58:259-264; Hall, 1981:252. Includes malagai; see Jones, 1965, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 78:93. Includes macdougalli; see Jones et al., 1977, Occas. Pap. Mus. Texas Tech Univ., 47:31, but also see Hall, 1981:253, who placed it in prctiosus.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405016004001001.