Molossops abrasus (Temminck, 1827) . Monogr. Mamm., 1:232.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Brazil."

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina.

SYNONYMS: brachymeles, cerastes, mastivus .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Cynomops . Called brachymeles by Cabrera (1958: 118-119) and Freeman (1981:155; who included it in the subgenus Cynomops); but see Carter and Dolan (1978:84).