Micronycteris megalotis (Gray, 1842) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10:257.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Sâo Paulo, Pereque .

DISTRIBUTION: Tamaulipas and Jalisco (Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil; Trinidad and Tobago; Margarita Isl (Venezuela); Grenada.

SYNONYMS: elongatum, homezi, megalotes, mexicana, microtis, pygmaeus, scrobiculatum, typica.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Micronycteris . Includes microtis; see Gardner et al. (1970:715) and Jones et al. (1977:6). See Alonso-Mejia and Medellin (1991, Mammalian Species, 376).