Eptesicus brasiliensis (Desmarest, 1819) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 35:478.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Goias .

DISTRIBUTION: Veracruz (Mexico) south to N Argentina and Uruguay; Trinidad and Tobago.

SYNONYMS: andinus, arctoideus, arge, argentinus, chiriquinus, derasus, ferrugineus, hilarii, inca; melanopterus Jentink; nitens, thomasi .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Eptesicus . Includes chiriquinus, melanopterus, and andinus; see Koopman (19786:19); but see also Davis (1966).