Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:31.
TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam .
DISTRIBUTION: Oaxaca, Veracruz and Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, SE Brazil and Guianas; Trinidad and Tobago; Grenada (Lesser Antilles); perhaps Jamaica, N Lesser Antilles.
SYNONYMS: amplexicaudata, azteca, brachyotus, braziliensis, calcaratum, tricolor, verrucata.
COMMENTS: Includes tricolor; see Pine (1972).