Artibeus fraterculus Anthony, 1924 . Am. Mus. Novit., 114:5.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ecuador, El Oro, Portovelo, 2000 ft. (610 m) .

DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador; Peru.

COMMENT: Considered a subspecies of jamaicensis by Jones and Carter, 1976:2; but see Koopman, 1978:14.