Diclidurus albus Wied-Neuwied, 1820. Isis von Oken, 1819:1630 [1820].

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Bahia, Rio Pardo, Canavieiras.

DISTRIBUTION: Nayarit (Mexico) to E Brazil and Trinidad.

SYNONYMS: freyreisii, virgo.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Diclidurus. Includes virgo; see Goodwin (1969:48, 49), but see also Ojasti and Linares (1971). Corbet and Hill (1980:46) listed virgo as a distinct species without comment. See Ceballos and Medellin (1988, Mammalian Species, 316).