Macrotus waterhousii Gray 1843

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 395-426 : 407

Macrotus waterhousii Gray 1843

Macrotus waterhousii Gray 1843 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1843: 21.

Type Locality: Haiti.

Vernacular Names: Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Macrotus waterhousii subsp. waterhousii Gray 1843

Subspecies Macrotus waterhousii subsp. bulleri H. Allen 1890

Subspecies Macrotus waterhousii subsp. compressus Rehn 1904

Subspecies Macrotus waterhousii subsp. jamaicensis Rehn 1904

Subspecies Macrotus waterhousii subsp. mexicanus Saussure 1860

Subspecies Macrotus waterhousii subsp. minor Gundlach 1864

Distribution: Sonora and Hidalgo ( Mexico) south to Guatemala; Bahama Isls; Jamaica; Cuba; Cayman Isls ( NW of Jamaica); Hispaniola and Beata Isls.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes mexicanus; see Anderson and Nelson (1965). See Anderson (1969 a). Caribbean forms reviewed by Timm and Genoways (2003).