Pteronotus personatus Wagner 1843

Pteronotus personatus Wagner 1843, Arch. Naturgesch., 9: 367.

Type Locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, São Vicente.

Vernacular Names: Wagner's Mustached Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Pteronotus personatus subsp. personatus Wagner 1843

Subspecies Pteronotus personatus subsp. psilotis Dobson 1878

Distribution: Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Surinam to S Sonora and S Tamaulipas (Mexico); Trinidad.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Often placed in the subgenus Chilonycteris (e.g., Smith, 1972; Simmons and Conway, 2001), but recent molecular studies suggest that it represents an unnamed subgenus (Lewis-Oritt et al., 2001 a; Van Den Bussche and Weyandt, 2003). Includes psilotis; see Smith (1972). This complex may include more than one species (Lewis-Oritt et al., 2001 a).