Natalus stramineus Gray, 1838 . Mag. Zool. Bot., 2:496.

TYPE LOCALITY: Unknown, given by Goodwin (19596:2), who discussed the problem, as probably Antigua, Lesser Antilles .

DISTRIBUTION: S Baja California, Nuevo Leon, and Sonora (Mexico) to Brazil; Lesser Antilles; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Cuba (subfossil).

SYNONYMS: dominicensis, jamaicensis, major, mexicanus, natalensis, primus, saturatus, tronchonii.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Natalus . For synonyms see Varona (1974:32) and Goodwin (19596:6). See Hoyt and Baker (1980, Mammalian Species, 130, including only the Greater Antillean subspecies). See Handley and Gardner (1990) for clarification of the holotype.