Order Chiroptera Author Karl F. Koopman text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 137 241 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353060 54c9783b-6624-4034-96d9-d09afe43b319 1-56098-217-9 7353060 Molossus ater E. Geoffroy, 1805 . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 3(96):279 . TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana , Cayenne . DISTRIBUTION: Tamaulipas and Sinaloa ( Mexico ) to Peru , N Argentina , Brazil and Guianas; Trinidad . SYNONYMS: albus , alecto , castaneus , fluminensis, holosericeus, myosurus, macdougalli, malagai, nigricans , rufus , ursinus . COMMENTS: Called rufus by Dolan (1989) , but see Husson (1962) and Hall (1981:252) . Includes malagai; see Jones (1965). Includes macdougalli; see Jones et al. (1977) , but also see Hall (1981:252) , who placed it in pretiosus .