Leptonycteris nivalis (Saussure, 1860) . Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 12:492.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Veracruz, Mt. Orizaba .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Arizona and W Texas (USA) to S Mexico, perhaps Guatemala.

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: longala.

COMMENTS: Does not include yerbabuenae, but see Watkins et al. (1972:16). See Hensley and Wilkins (1988, Mammalian Species, 307).