Platyrrhinus lineatus (E. Geoffroy, 1810) . Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15:180.

TYPE LOCALITY: Paraguay, Asuncion .

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia to Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, N Argentina, and S and E Brazil; French Guyana; Surinam.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Uruguay).

SYNONYMS: nigellus .

COMMENTS: Includes nigellus; see Jones and Carter (1979:8). See Willig and Hollander (1987, Mammalian Species, 275, as Vampyrops lineatus).