Artibeus phaeotis (Miller, 1902) . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 54:405.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Yucatan, Chichen-Itza .

DISTRIBUTION: Veracruz and Sinaloa (Mexico) to Ecuador and Guyana.

SYNONYMS: nanus, palatinus, ravus, turpis .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Dermanura . Includes nanus and turpis; see Jones and Lawlor (1965:412) and Davis (1970). For including ravus and other synomyms see Timm (1985, Mammalian Species, 235).