Diphylla ecaudata Spix, 1823 . Sim. Vespert. Brasil., p. 68.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Bahia, San Francisco River .

DISTRIBUTION: S Texas (USA) to Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, and E Brazil.

SYNONYMS: centralis, diphylla.

COMMENTS: See Greenhall et al. (1984, Mammalian Species, 227).