Stenoderma E. Geoffroy, 1818 . Descrip, de L'Egypte, 2:114.

TYPE SPECIES: Stenoderma rufa Demarest, 1820 .

COMMENTS: Some authors include Ardops, Phyllops, and Ariteus in Stenoderma; see Varona (1974:23-26) and Simpson (1945:58), but most mammalogists follow the arrangement presented here; see also Jones and Carter (1976:28-29).