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

TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne .

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

SYNONYMS: albus, alecto, castaneus, fluminensis, holosericeus, myosurus, macdougalli, malagai, nigricans, rufus, ursinus .

COMMENTS: Called rufus by Dolan (1989), but see Husson (1962) and Hall (1981:252). Includes malagai; see Jones (1965). Includes macdougalli; see Jones et al. (1977), but also see Hall (1981:252), who placed it in pretiosus .