Glossophaga soricina (Pallas, 1766) . Mise. Zool., p. 48.

TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam .

DISTRIBUTION: Tamaulipas, Sonora and Très Marias Isis (Mexico) to Guianas, SE Brazil, N Argentina and Peru; Margarita Isl (Venezuela); Trinidad; Grenada (Lesser Antilles); Jamaica; perhaps Bahama Isis.

SYNONYMS: amplexicaudata, antillarum, handleyi, microtis, mutica, truei, valens, villosa.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Alvarez et al. (1991, Mammalian Species, 379).