Phyllonycteris poeyi Gundlach, 1860 . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860:817.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Matanzas, Canimar (cafetai "San Antonio el Fundador") .

DISTRIBUTION: Cuba, Isle of Pines, Hispaniola.

SYNONYMS: obtusa .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Phyllonycteris . Includes obtusa; see Jones and Carter (1976:30) from Hispaniola, this subspecies was described from fossil remains and was only recently discovered as a living animal; see Klingener et al. (1978:90-92). Corbet and Hill (1980:61) listed obtusa as a distinct species without comment.