Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) . Das Thierreich, 1:179.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Espirito Santo, between Itapemirin and Iconha Rivers .

DISTRIBUTION: Nayarit and Tamaulipas (Mexico) to Peru, N Argentina and S Brazil; Trinidad and Tobago; Grenada (Lesser Antilles).

SYNONYMS: bondae, carteri, caucensis, chiriquensis, concinnus, dalquesti, esmeraldae, exiguus, extremus, maripensis, mundus, parvulus, punensis.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Selysius . Includes carteri; see Corbet and Hill (1980:65), but see Bogan (1978). Neotype designated by LaVal (1973a). See Wilson and LaVal (1974, Mammalian Species, 39).