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 Subfamily Desmodontixae. 



Genus DESMODUS Wied. 



1826. Besmodus Wikd, Beitrage zur Naturgesch. Brasilien, ii, p. 

 231. Type. — Desmodus rufus Wied = Phyllostoma rotundum 

 E. Geoffroy. 



* Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoftroy) . 



1810. Phyllostoma rotandum E. Geoffroy, Ann. mus. d'hist. 



nat., Paris, xv, p. 181. 

 1885. Desmodus rufus True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii (1884), 



p. 605. 1885. 

 1900. Desmodus rotundus Thomas, Ann. mus. civ. stor. nat. 



Geneva, 2d ser., xx, p. 547. 

 Type locality. — Paraguay. 



Genus DIPHYLLA Spix. 



1828. DiphyUa Spix, Simiar. et vespert. Brasil., p. 68. Type. — 

 Diphylla ecaudata Spix. 



The name Ilaematonycteris was proposed by H. Allen (Proc. 

 U. S. nat. mus., xviii, p. 777, October 27, 1896) for the Dijyfiylla 

 of Dobson (Catal. chiropt. Brit, mus., p. 550, 1878), should it 

 prove to be distinct from that of Spix. 



Diphylla ecaudata Spix. 



1823. Dlpliylla ecaudata Spix, Simiar. et vespert. Brasil., p. 68. 

 1885. Diphylla ecaudata True, Proc. LT. S. nat. mus., vu 



(1884), p. 605. 1885. 

 Type locality. — Brazil. 



