Molossops abrasus (Temminck, 1827) . Monogr. Mamm., 1:232.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Brazil."

DISTRIBUTION: N. Argentina; Venezuela; Guyana; Surinam; Peru; Brazil; Bolivia; Paraguay.

COMMENT: Called brachymeles by Cabrera, 1958:118- 119, and Freeman, 1981: 155 (who included it in the subgenus Cynomops); but see Carter and Dolan, 1978, Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ., 15: 84.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405016003002001 as M. brachymeles .