Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856) . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1865:5.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, corrected to Brazil, Santa Catarina by Carter and Dolan (1978:37) .

DISTRIBUTION: Veracruz (Mexico) to the Guianas, S Brazil, and N Argentina.

SYNONYMS: australis, guianae.

COMMENTS: See Medellin (1989, Mammalian Species, 343).