Leptonycteris Lydekker 1891

Leptonycteris Lydekker 1891, in: Flower and Lydekker, Intro. Mamm. Living and Extinct: 674.

Type Species: Ischnoglossa nivalis Saussure 1860

Synonyms: Ischnoglossa Saussure 1860 .

Species and subspecies: 3 species:

Species Leptonycteris curasoae Miller 1900

Species Leptonycteris nivalis (Saussure 1860)

Species Leptonycteris yerbabuenae Martínez and Villa-R 1940

Discussion: Revised by Arita and Humphrey (1988). A key for the genus was presented by Hensley and Wilkins (1988).